Based on a true story, the Canadian TV movie The Stork Derby begins with the death of wealthy Toronto lawyer and lifelong bachelor Charles Vance Miller (Frank Fontaine). Going through Miller's effects, his lawyers discover that he… MoreBased on a true story, the Canadian TV movie The Stork Derby begins with the death of wealthy Toronto lawyer and lifelong bachelor Charles Vance Miller (Frank Fontaine). Going through Miller's effects, his lawyers discover that he intended to divide his fortune among the Canadian women who would deliver the most babies within a decade after his birth. Fueled by the circulation-hungry Toronto Daily Star, "The Great Toronto Stork Derby" held the Dominion in thrall throughout the Depression years, with hundreds and thousands of women hoping to escape the ravages ofThe shortlist for the 2013 Costa Book Awards has been announced, and in one pivotal category all the nominees are women. The Costa Book Awards — formerly known as the Whitbread Book awards — are given out every year to books written by British or Irish authors. Winners are chosen in five categories – novel, first novel, poetry, biography and children’s book – with winners announced in January. Amongst those selected winners, a book of the year is then chosen, which comes with a £30,000 (about $48,000) prize.

In this year’s best novel category, all of the shortlisted authors are women, and one writer, Bernardine Bishop, is being nominated posthumously. Bishop, who passed away in July at the age of 73, wrote the shortlisted Unexpected Lessons in Love, as