by Sue Carter

David Gilmour responds, Hazlitt publishes interview transcription, and more

David Gilmour claims his Hazlitt interview was taken out of context; Hazlitt publishes transcription in response Lee Siegel vows to "never write a negative book review again" Recreating Ernest Hemingway's favourite hamburger recipe Jeff Bezos blames ... Read More »

September 26, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

David Gilmour inspires Twitter to “go down the hall”

By Sue Carter

Emily M. Keeler's weekly Hazlitt column, Shelf Esteem, is a voyeuristic look at the bookshelves of writers, editors, and other book types. In today's post, featuring David Gilmour “ whose new novel, Extraordinary (HarperCollins Canada), ... Read More »

September 25, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Tanis Rideout novel gets the Jeopardy treatment

By Sue Carter

You know you've reached a certain level of success when Alex Trebek names your book on Jeopardy. On last night's program, Toronto author Tanis Rideout's 2012 historical novel, Above All Things (McClelland & Stewart), was ... Read More »

September 25, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

IFOA to release new block of Stephen King tickets

By Sue Carter

If you missed grabbing tickets to Stephen King's sold-out appearance at the PEN Canada benefit on Oct. 24, you're in luck. IFOA announced today that a second block of tickets will go on sale Oct. ... Read More »

September 24, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Q&A: Tom Smart on Six Decades of Christopher Pratt

By Sue Carter

Curator, writer, and former museum director Tom Smart has spent his career immersed in Canadian art, particularly East Coast artists such as Alex Colville, Tom Forrestall, Miller Brittain, and Mary Pratt. His latest book, Christopher ... Read More »

September 23, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Five Canadian titles nominated for Banff Mountain Book awards

By Sue Carter

Five Canadian titles have risen to the top of the 2013 Banff Mountain Book Competition. Allen Smutylo's The Memory of Water (Wilfrid Laurier University Press) is nominated for best adventure-travel book. In the fiction category, ... Read More »

September 19, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

2013 Sunburst Award winners announced

By Sue Carter

This year's Sunburst Awards for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic were presented to Martine Desjardins for her novel Maleficium (Talonbooks) and, in the Young Adult category, to Rachel Hartman for Seraphina (Doubleday Canada).Selected by a jury ... Read More »

September 19, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Eden Mills Writers’ Festival

By Sue Carter

On Sept. 15, the annual Eden Mills Writers' Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary. Located just outside of Guelph, Ontario, the idyllic village festival hosted Michael Winter, Joseph Boyden, Amanda Donoghue, Tamas Dobozy, Saleema Nawaz, and ... Read More »

September 19, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Priscila Uppal, Thomas King make Weston Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

The shortlist for the third annual Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction was announced this morning at the Loblaws flagship store in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. Penguin Random House Canada imprints dominate the shortlist ... Read More »

September 18, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Munk Debates invites four women authors to discuss the “end of men”

By Sue Carter

Toronto's Munk Debates markets itself as a "lively and substantive forum for leaders to debate the major issues facing the world and Canada." However, a quick glance at previous gatherings reveals that most of those ... Read More »

September 18, 2013 | Filed under: Events

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David Gilmour responds, Hazlitt publishes interview transcription, and more

David Gilmour inspires Twitter to “go down the hall”

Tanis Rideout novel gets the Jeopardy treatment

IFOA to release new block of Stephen King tickets

Q&A: Tom Smart on Six Decades of Christopher Pratt

Five Canadian titles nominated for Banff Mountain Book awards

2013 Sunburst Award winners announced

Photos: Eden Mills Writers’ Festival

Priscila Uppal, Thomas King make Weston Prize shortlist

Munk Debates invites four women authors to discuss the “end of men”

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