Posted on Dec 28th, 2010 in
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Late-December, 2010
I am very thrilled to announce that I have won a fellowship from the national film arts organization, the Center for Asian American Media, to adapt Sky Train into a screenplay! I will be paired with a professional screenwriter who will mentor me this year.
Here’s some of what the judges...
Posted on Dec 26th, 2010 in
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Sky Train
I had the privilege of presenting the book to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in late-September in southern California....
Posted on Dec 26th, 2010 in
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The Official PEN American Center Photograph.
© Beowulf Sheehan/PEN American...
Posted on Dec 26th, 2010 in
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I am extremely pleased and deeply honored to learn that my book has won the PEN AMERICAN CENTER’S OPEN BOOK AWARD for 2010.
From the judge’s note:
“Thank you Canyon for your work, your journey, your bravery, your compassion – for walking the women of Tibet all the way home and around the globe....
Posted on Dec 20th, 2010 in
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Giving my acceptance speech with the book cover image projected in the background. Photograph © Beowulf Sheehan/PEN American...
Posted on Dec 24th, 2009 in
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Sky Train
“Books on Board” in San Jose, a book club begun twelve years ago, was the first book club to read Sky Train. Clubs across the country are reading...