Marian Engel’s No Clouds of Glory #1968club

2017-10-30T08:13:14-04:00

If Marian Engel had not died mid-career, her name might have been as well known today as Margaret Atwood's today. Instead her name graces an award granted to a Canadian female writer mid-career by the Writers' Trust. A variety of forms, a strong feminist voice, challenging female characters, a fascination

Marian Engel’s No Clouds of Glory #1968club2017-10-30T08:13:14-04:00

Letters Between Canadian Writers

2014-03-23T08:42:28-04:00

This from Hugh MacLennan to young Marian Engel in 1956: "If I can be of any help to you, don't hesitate to write and tell me so. I'm cynical about theses, having done one myself, but I suppose they are necessary if you can avoid taking them too seriously." University

Letters Between Canadian Writers2014-03-23T08:42:28-04:00

A Celebration of Bessie Head: Maru (1971)

2014-03-20T20:48:53-04:00

1971; Heinemann, 1995 Officially joining Kinna in A Celebration of Bessie Head July 6 - 12, 2013? ImageNations and Mary Okeke Reviews. And, unofficially, plenty more readers. Readers meet Maru in the novel's opening pages, but I love this description which comes later: "He was a man who talked and walked slowly, with

A Celebration of Bessie Head: Maru (1971)2014-03-20T20:48:53-04:00

Paris in July 2013

2013-07-03T18:48:52-04:00

Thanks to Tamara of Thyme for Tea and Karen of BookBath, there is another Paris in July for all of us to enjoy. Yesterday, I read the first story in Paul Headrick's The Doctrine of Affections, which is set in 19th-Century Paris. It's the perfect kind of story to launch an event like this.

Paris in July 20132013-07-03T18:48:52-04:00

Once Upon a Time – Chatting about Middles

2013-07-09T10:15:26-04:00

In my first post about this year's Once Upon a Time reading, I mentioned all the books that I have, since, finished reading, though at the time I was just beginning: Image links to Challenge AnnouncementImage by Melissa Nucera Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride (1993), Bill Willingham's 1001 Nights of Snowfall (2006), Charles

Once Upon a Time – Chatting about Middles2013-07-09T10:15:26-04:00
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