Win Some Great Books: The Six Books in The Atlantic Canada Reads Competition

- Answer Each Multiple Choice Question to Win a Copy of  That Book!

- You may answer all six questions, and enter the draw for each book.

*Please send answers in the format “1a, 2b, 3c” and include your mailing address.

- Email your answers to chad@saltyink by July 5th.

1.) Trivia Question to Win a copy of Lisa Moore’s February

Which statement is false?

A.) Lisa Moore’s Open was declared a book of the decade by Amazon.ca.
B.) February was a New York Times’ Editor’s Choice.
C.) February was Salty Ink’s Featured Book of the Month in March.
D.) Lisa Moore is an original member of the revered Burning Rock Fiction Group.

2.) Trivia Question to win a Copy of Kenneth J. Harvey’s Blackstrap Hawco

Which Statement is false?

A.) Blackstrap Hawco was declared the best book out of Canada in 2008 by Amazon.com.
B.) Harvey’s newest novel, Reinventing the Rose, is currently a Russian bestseller, though not yet available in Canada.
C.) Blackstrap Hawco is a novella.
D.) Kenneth J. Harvey is the founder of the ReLit Awards, i.e the most meaningful award in Canada as far as Salty Ink is concerned.

3.) Trivia Question to Win a Copy of Lesley Choyce’s The Republic of Nothing

Which Statement is false?

A.) Lesley Choyce is also a recording musician, surfer, and TV show host.
B.) Lesley Choyce has written more than 50 books.
C.) Lesley Choyce is the mayor of his hometown.
D.) Lesley Choyce runs Pottersfield Press

Trivia Question to Win a copy of George Elliott Clarke’s George & Rue

Which Statement is false?

A.) Clarke has been named to the order of Canada.
B.) George & Rue is based on a horrific true crime story of relatives of Clarke’s.
C.) George & Rue stemmed from Clarke’s GG-winning poetry collection, Execution Poems.
D.) George & Rue is the newest novel in this competition.

Trivia Question to Win a Copy of Darryl Whetter’s The Push & The Pull

Which Statement is false?

A.) Whetter has taught university-level English, and is a prolific book critic.
B.) Whetter’s previous book, A Sharp Tooth in the Fur, was a Globe & Mail book of the year.
C.) As mentioned in the comments on the Atlantic Canada Reads page, the Bronwen Wallace award-winning defender, Nicole Dixon, is, in fact, in a relationship with Darryl Whetter.
D.) The main character’s name in The Push & The Pull is Andy Night.

Trivia Question to Win a Copy of Kathleen Winter’s Annabel

Which Statement is false?

A.) Kathleen Winter has written for Sesame Street.
B.) Annabel is brand new, not even a month old yet.
C.) Her last book, a top-notch collection of short stories, boYs, won both the Winterset Award and the Metcalf-Rooke Award.
D.) Her last book, a top-notch collection of short stories, boYs, won both the Winterset Award and Danuta Gleed Award.

Click here to go to the Atlantic Canada Reads Page

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Chad's a multi-award-winning author, photographer, and closet musician from St. John's.