“Although KCET will no longer be connected to PBS, it will continue to be a public broadcasting outlet dependent on a mix of corporate, government and viewer support. Given that many viewers have been critical of the station’s decision to break with PBS, their reaction to the new offerings will put the newly independent station to its first big test.”
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Johanna Skibsrud Wins Giller Prize for The Sentimentalists
“Undoubtedly the most obscure book ever to win a major literary award in Canada, The Sentimentalists was hand-printed more than a year ago by [a] tiny publisher in Kentville, N.S., in an edition of 800 copies, most of which had disappeared by the time the three Giller judges announced their short lists.”
New York Is Overflowing With South Asian Film Festivals
“On Wednesday, the 10th annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival will open at the SVA cinemas in Chelsea – the fifth South Asian film festival to open in the area in just two months. Each fall, these festivals overlap, competing for the same films, audiences and media attention.”