BookShorts TV
About this original series
BookShorts is an online video series featuring short films, video book trailers, author interviews, and news for and about the world of books, writers and publishing. News items welcome - send to judith@bookshorts.com with the subject line "You wanna know this!"Technorati Profile
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# Episodes
268 episodes -
Rating
TV-G
Episodes of BookShorts TV
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Human Happiness
We're all going over the cliff, sooner or later. But isn't it ironic, that we're living in an era where everyone can know everything, that most of us don't actually know a thing about the two people who put us here in the first place. Do you know your mother's favourite vegetable? Do you know your father's lucky number? Have you ever asked them if they believe God exists or, ulp, what they think about sex? What they failed at that they should have achieved? Whether they think life is worth the...
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Release date
Dec 2, 2011
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Runtime
04:01
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Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan (...
Framed by journal entries that relate his experiences on two levels—as a foreigner looking for a deeper connection to a country that has stirred him, and as a journalist looking for another side to the story—BEYOND BULLETS addresses the volatile situation in Afghanistan with sensitivity and profound insight. Through Gerszak’s lens, readers can see the shattered aftermath of military attacks and dismal hospitals and refugee camps, but they can also experience the vibrant activity of life in the...
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Release date
Nov 9, 2011
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Runtime
01:07
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A Stranger at Home Video Book Trailer
A STRANGER AT HOME is the sequel to the unforgettable memoir FATTY LEGS. 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak (aka Olemaun) is traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic. It’s been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her. Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. But Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family’s way of living and alo...
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Release date
Nov 4, 2011
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A Stranger at Home Video Book Trailer
A STRANGER AT HOME is the sequel to the unforgettable memoir FATTY LEGS. 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak (aka Olemaun) is traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic. It’s been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her. Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. But Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family’s way of living and alo...
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Release date
Nov 4, 2011
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Runtime
01:29
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The Hangman in the Mirror from Annick Press
Kate Cayley's new young adult novel, The Hangman in the Mirror (Annick Press), revolves around a dire decree “Françoise Laurent, you are hereby sentenced to death by hanging, which sentence to be carried out in the month of December, in the city of Montreal, in the year of our Lord 1751. May God have mercy upon your soul.” But all Françoise wanted when she stole her lady’s gloves was to have something of her own, to relieve her desparate poverty. But now there is only one thing that can save h...
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Release date
Aug 14, 2011
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Runtime
01:29
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Thunder Over Kandahar Video Book Trailer
movingstories.tv ... Thunder Over Kandahar by Sharon E. McKay is a powerful novel of enduring friendship set amid the terror and chaos of present-day Afghanistan. Best friends Tamanna and Yasmine cannot believe their good fortune when a school is set up in their Afghan village; however, their dreams for the future are shattered when the Taliban burns down the school and threatens the teacher and students with death. As Tamanna faces an arranged marriage to an older man and the Taliban targets ...
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Release date
Feb 18, 2011
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Runtime
00:46
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Little Black Book for Girlz and for Guys
The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality and The Little Black Book for Guys: Guys Talk About Sex by St. Stephen’s Community House Two very important guides, one for girls, one for boys — written by teens for teens. It's not just a book about sex, but a look at youth culture by youth themselves. No stuffy school textbook. No nosey adults. Just a diverse group of teens from a community youth project who had questions about sexuality. To find answers, they collected stories, p...
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Release date
Feb 18, 2011
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Runtime
01:00
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My Kind Of Sad Video Book Trailer
MY KIND OF SAD by Kate Scowen (Annick Press) is an essential guide to teen depression filled with real-life stories, professional advice and where to find help. “..an informative, up-to-date resource…”—Booklist “…teen-friendly…well-researched…”—The Globe and Mail “…informative…straight-forward…easy to read and use…”—VOYA “This book strikes exactly the right tone…”—Resource Links For more young adult fiction, visit AnnickPress.com ; for more video book trailers visit movingstories.tv
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Release date
Feb 18, 2011
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Runtime
01:00
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In Ecstasy Video Book Trailer
In Ecstasy, by Kate McCaffrey, is a brutally frank and poignant novel about two best friends and the insidious world of teen drug addiction, date rape and alcoholism. When the spiralling dependacy on drugs threatens the life of a young teen, its a strained but solid friendship that finally helps bring her back from the brink. Powerfully told from the alternating points of view of each girl, In Ecstasy is a utterly convincing portrait of the challenges facing contemporary teens. Now available i...
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Release date
Feb 18, 2011
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Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails
This award-winning story by author Michael Kusugak and illustrated by Vladyana Langer Krykorka explores the Inuit belief that the Northern Lights are the souls of the dead, playing soccer in the sky. ;A charming tale for the little ones fascinated by tales of the high north. * Ruth Schwartz Award
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Release date
Feb 17, 2011
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Runtime
01:09
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