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Agora options Warner book
Agora Films International Inc. has announced today that it has optioned the just released book Emperor of the East Slope by John Warner.
Emperor of the East Slope is the story of a Canadian immigrant returning to Alberta, wounded from the First World War battlefields Tom Edmunds, finds himself jilted by the love of his life.
His drive to succeed renewed, he founds a family business empire against the backdrop of early 20th century Alberta. From the death and suffering on the battlefields of Europe in two wars, to family rivalry and bitter feuding with enemies, the eventual success of the members of the
Edmunds family is steeped in the Province's history.
This is the second book by an Albertan that Agora Films has undertaken to produce as an animated children's film.
The children's book The Alberta Time Travel Adventures of Family Day Ray, Roxy & Jasper written along with song lyrics by Rob Lennard was a best seller in the Alberta 2005 centennial year. The book is action packed with adventure, fun and with over 100 historical facts on Alberta and is accompanied with seven historical themed songs on CD. It has received great reviews by historians and teachers.
"The acquisition of these two Alberta books is our commitment to promote and showcase our local writers," said Agora Films president Edmund A. Oliverio. Agora Films has Espionage on the Hill, a Canadian history event as a four-hour MOW underway this year as well as three documentaries that will begin production this summer -- Extreme Trek, Spies and Scribes, and The World of the Working Horse.
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