Reading for the Shadow Giller in 2018

2018-10-11T17:23:05-04:00

Although I’m tracking my Giller Prize reading on my Autumn 2018 Prizelists and Events page, I have more to say about reading this year’s Giller list because this is my first year as a Shadow Jury member. Joining Alison and Kim and Naomi is a pleasure. If you are

Reading for the Shadow Giller in 20182018-10-11T17:23:05-04:00

Carianne Leung’s That Time I Loved You (2018)

2018-11-30T20:48:09-05:00

June is at the heart of this collection of stories; she is the link, the thread of light through a series of dark scenes. She is our guide to the ‘burbs: “The picture perfect suburban dream with the groomed lawns, nine-to-five jobs, 2.5 children kind of places. Domino effect.

Carianne Leung’s That Time I Loved You (2018)2018-11-30T20:48:09-05:00

Lee Maracle’s Conversations with Canadians (2017)

2018-09-17T18:56:43-04:00

It’s such a perfect way to begin the book, inviting readers to imagine sitting at a kitchen table with Sto:lo author, Lee Maracle. And because it is inspired by the recurring conversations which she has had, over the years, with Canadians, this motif is not only welcoming but also

Lee Maracle’s Conversations with Canadians (2017)2018-09-17T18:56:43-04:00

Into September 2018, In My Notebook: The NitGrit of CanLit

2019-04-26T17:01:04-04:00

I've worked in a bookstore twice in my life. Between those jobs, the Giller Prize burst onto the Canadian literary scene, in 1994. So when Bonnie Burnard's Casino and Other Stories and Eliza Clark's What You Need were shortlisted that first year, I was still fresh from the store, still returning weekly

Into September 2018, In My Notebook: The NitGrit of CanLit2019-04-26T17:01:04-04:00

Reading for #WomenInTranslation Month

2018-11-05T19:04:55-05:00

What a fine author with whom to launch Women in Translation month (hosted by Biblibio) one of the few contemporary authors whose work I have followed from the beginning in Sheila Fischman’s translations: Ru (2009; 2012) and Mãn (2013; 2014). Themes from both of her previous novels resurface in Vi, and

Reading for #WomenInTranslation Month2018-11-05T19:04:55-05:00
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