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2011 Guide to AWP

I ran into Eugene Cross last year at AWP. We were waiting in line for coffee at about nine in the morning, and we both looked bleary-eyed and terribly hungover. I’d spent the first night of AWP… more →

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Whose Typewriter Would YOU Pay Thousands For? — 2 comments

Jordan wrote 1 year ago: Neil Gaiman’s (frighteningly butchered) version of his interview with Stephen King makes me li … more →

Tags: Monday Inspiration, Literature, Books, Fiction, Alison Bechdel, Shalom Auslander, Queen of Teen, tao lin, monday inspiration

Finalists announced for Amazon.ca First Novel Award

Mark Medley wrote 1 year ago: The finalists for the 2011 Amazon.ca First Novel Award which were announced on Tuesday, span the glo … more →

Tags: Afterword, Awards, prizes, Touch, the free world, david bezmozgis, The Man Who Killed, Fraser Nixon, Olive Senior

The Best Books of 2011

Mark Medley wrote 1 year ago: Three avid readers provide their Top 10s, and the only thing they all have in common is a cowboy pic … more →

Tags: Afterword, Anders Nilsen, Best of 2011, BIG QUESTIONS, brian selznick, carmen aguirre, Charlotte Gill, D.W. Wilson, david bezmozgis

The Ten Books That I'm Reading Now — 1 comment

eleanorstrousers wrote 1 year ago: I’d love to credit whichever blogger suggested the idea, but I’ve forgotten. My to-be-re … more →

Tags: daily life, Reading 2, Books, Poetry, New Orleans, Organization, Zelda, Nancy Milford, inferno

Winter Ready...? — 8 comments

Jodi Paloni wrote 1 year ago: This year, I embrace the arrival of winter in a new way…by observing it. I’m not dreadin … more →

Tags: up the hill, Tove Jansson, Simon van Booy, Cathy Day, Annie Proulx, Kathryn Harrison

Touch

barefootheart wrote 1 year ago: Touch by Alexi Zentner. Alfred A. Knopf Canada 2011. Touch was shortlisted for the 2011 Governor Gen … more →

Tags: Governor General 2011, Touch, British Columbia, Mining, logging, Magical, Review, Sawgamet, quallupilluit

Live chat archive: The Afterword's yearly literary awards season roundtable

National Post Staff wrote 1 year ago: Mark Medley, the National Post’s Books Editor, and Brad Frenette of the Vancouver Sun convened … more →

Tags: Afterword, Ampersand, Clark Blaise, Lynn Coady, Giller Prize, Writers' Trust Awards, Governor General's Literary Awards, Michael Christie, The Beggar's Garden

Jewish Book Festival hits town next month

Tracy Sherlock wrote 1 year ago: Now that the writers festival is over for 2011, book lovers can start thinking about the JCC Jewish … more →

Tags: Books, STAFF, Alison Pick, daniel kalla, david bezmozgis, David Guterson, JCC Jewish Writer, Joel Bakan, Roberta Rich

Governor General's Finalists Announced

kerryoncanlit wrote 1 year ago: The Governor General’s Literary Award finalists for fiction in English were announced yesterda … more →

Tags: News, Governor General's Literary Award 2011, GG 2011, Governor General's finalists, david bezmozgis, esi edugyan, marina endicott, Patrick DeWitt, the free world

Shortlists announced for 2011 Governor General's Literary Awards — 1 comment

Peter Darbyshire wrote 1 year ago: The 2011 Governor General’s Literary Awards shortlists have been announced and there are no su … more →

Tags: Entertainment, peter darbyshire, Source Code, Patrick DeWitt, esi edugyan, Governor General's Literary Awards, steve mccaffery, Zach Wells, bookthug

Nominees for Governor General's Literary Awards announced

Mark Medley wrote 1 year ago: For only the second time in history, two authors have been shortlisted for all three of Canada … more →

Tags: Afterword, Fiction, Awards, prizes, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Governor General's Literary Awards, Charles Foran, Mordecai: The Life and Times

Michael Ondaatje and Guy Vanderhaeghe among writers on Giller Prize longlist

Mark Medley wrote 1 year ago: Brett Gundlock/National Post They don’t call it a longlist for nothing. An unprecedented 17 au … more →

Tags: Afterword, Awards, prizes, Michael Ondaatje, Clark Blaise, Lynn Coady, Giller Prize, Michael Christie, The Beggar's Garden

An open letter from the books editor

Mark Medley wrote 1 year ago: Getty Images Dear all-knowing and all-powerful literary award juries, Can you believe it’s that time … more →

Tags: Afterword, Awards, prizes, Miriam Toews, Lynn Coady, Giller Prize, Writers' Trust Awards, Governor General's Literary Awards, Patrick DeWitt

Alexi Zenther--"The Rules of Engagement" (The Walrus, July/August 2011)

Paul Debraski wrote 1 year ago: SOUNDTRACK: TINDERSTICKS-35 Rhums (2008). This is a charming and very French sounding soundtrack. A … more →

Tags: Canadian Content, Marriage trouble, Short Story, tindersticks, The Walrus, sex, Culture Shock, Sarah Selecky, 35 rhums

Kathleen Winter--"Madame Poirer's Dog" (The Walrus, July/August 2011)

Paul Debraski wrote 1 year ago: SOUNDTRACK: TINDERSTICKS-Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009: L’Intrus (2004). This score comes … more →

Tags: Funny ha ha, funny strange, Canadian Content, Short Story, tindersticks, The Walrus, Kathleen Winter, L'intrus

Three short stories according to the guidelines of... — 6 comments

Em wrote 1 year ago: For its summer issue, The Walrus asked five Canadian writers to write a short story or poem accordin … more →

Tags: Can-lit, Short Story, "Madame Poirier's Dog", The Cat, The Rules of Engagement, Kathleen Winter, Sarah Selecky, Short Story Monday

2011 Fiction Issues (The Walrus, July/August 2011 & New Yorker, June 13 & 20, 2011) — 3 comments

Paul Debraski wrote 1 year ago: SOUNDTRACK: CITY AND COLOUR Live at the Sasquatch Festival, May 29, 2011 (2011). City and Colour hav … more →

Tags: Canadian Content, George Saunders, Marriage trouble, Food, Poetry, New Yorker, Vladimir Nabokov, Alexisonfire, Jeffrey Eugenides

Touch by Alexi Zentner — 2 comments

Helen wrote 2 years ago: In Touch, the debut novel by Alexi Zentner, we follow the story of three generations of one family w … more →

Tags: Reviews, General Fiction, Highly Recommended, Canada, magical realism

New book arrivals — 12 comments

Helen wrote 2 years ago: As a change from all the book reviews I’ve been posting recently I thought I’d share wit … more →

Tags: New Book Arrivals, Sharon Penman, Félix Palma, Jane Harris, jessica francis kane


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