Deb Elkink (http://www.debelkink.com) had her first work published in her grade-school yearbook: it was a letter she wrote from the viewpoint of John F. Kennedy in heaven—just after his assassination. Her most recent work—her first novel titled The Third Grace—recently won the Grace Irwin Award—a $5,000.00 award, which is Canada's largest literary award for writers who are Christian.
Tonight’s guest likes writing mysteries because, as she says on her website, “right always wins. No matter how bad the crime, the bad guy eventually gets caught—at least in my mysteries.” And, in Jayne Self’s (http://www.jayneself.com) first book, Murder in Hum Harbour, the bad guy does get caught, but not without a lot of misunderstanding humour, romance and a misguided hero who almost misses out on who done it.
Humans are story-telling animals says the introduction to a course being taught by Brian J. Walsh, an adjunct professor of theology of culture at Wycliffe College in Toronto and Sherry Coman, professor of film and new media at Humber College, at the Trinity College this summer. The course—Film, Prophecy and Culture (http://www.imago-arts.on.ca/index.htm)—which coincides with the Toronto International Film Festival will help students develop a biblically theological understanding of contemporary film.
This fall a new play will hit the stage at the Queensway Centre for the Arts. The Role Model is a fantasy-drama centres on a business tycoon who has everything—but a seemingly insignificant choice changes everything…or so it seems. Susan Acheson is founding owner and managing artistic director of August Productions (http://www.augustproductions.org), which is producing the play.
Sheila Wray Gregoire (http://www.sheilawraygregoire.com/) uses words—both in print and spoken—to encourage women to forget about the dust bunnies under the bed and keep their focus on Jesus. The author of four books, including How Big Is Your Umbrella and, her most recent book The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex. Gregoire is also a syndicated parenting columnist, a popular speaker and was one of the keynote speakers at this year's Write!
