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Advance review: Miriam Toews’ Irma Voth

This review of Miriam Toews' new novel, Irma Voth, will appear in the May issue of Q&Q. Guest reviewer Kerry Clare writes: Miriam Toews' follow-up to 2008's The Flying Troutmans details its eponymous protagonist's various ... Read More »

April 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

More favourite books of 2008

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The L.A. Times has put together a special "Favorite Books of 2008" issue, and there are a few honourable mentions for CanLit. In fiction and poetry, Miriam Toews's The Flying Troutmans has a spot alongside ... Read More »

December 9, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

CanLit galore at Toronto's film fest

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off next week, and the lineup features a healthy array of CanLit tie-ins. There's already been much ballyhoo about Jeremy Podeswa's adaptation of Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces, and about ... Read More »

August 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

The adults are all right

By Leigh Anne Williams

Somewhere in Noah Richler's latest Toronto Star column, there's an admiring review of Miriam Toews's new novel, A Complicated Kindness (Knopf Canada). But first there are some pokes at uppity young folks, some fond memories ... Read More »

May 3, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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