As of January 1st, 2012, Gurjinder Basran's novel EVERYTHING WAS GOOD-BYE was released in the US as a PINTAIL Book by Penguin Canada! It won the First Search for the Great BC Novel Contest sponsored by Mona Fertig's Mother Tongue publishing imprint-relocated recently from Saltspring Island to Savary Island-as well as the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. It was also selected as a Top 5 Canada Reads Choice for the BC/Yukon The short-list for Mother Tongue's SECOND Search For the Great BC Novel will be announced at the end of March and the winner at the end of May. Shortlist judges reading submissions are Gurjinder Basran and David Chariandy, and the Final Judge is Caroline Adderson.