IFOA 2013 Reading, General

2014-03-19T08:13:10-04:00

So many of my favourite writers will be appearing at this year's International Festival of Authors. Over the years, the festival and reading series have involved over 8,000 authors (from more than 100 countries), and the names below are certainly not the only authors appearing at this year's festival. These are

IFOA 2013 Reading, General2014-03-19T08:13:10-04:00

Two Chilling Reads: The Dark and Secrecy

2014-05-13T15:03:24-04:00

Rupert Thomson's Secrecy is suffused with deliciously disturbing images and scenes. A thin, dark ribbon of sky. Bared teeth with clumps of hair. A dead bird that dangles from a girl’s first like a flower needing water. A snake skin shed in a doorway. A secret passage. A stabbed countess. A

Two Chilling Reads: The Dark and Secrecy2014-05-13T15:03:24-04:00

Dennis Bock’s Going Home Again (2013)

2014-05-13T15:06:29-04:00

Perhaps it's only to give readers an idea of how special it all was to Charlie. "I suppose what I'm trying to say is that the writing of a man's life at least gives you an idea of just how special it all was to him the first time around."

Dennis Bock’s Going Home Again (2013)2014-05-13T15:06:29-04:00

Accepting and Adjusting: Americanah and The Blondes

2014-03-23T08:39:29-04:00

In an effort to manage out-of-control stacks of reading, I try to choose disparate stories in the mass of current reads. Slipping Emily Schultz's The Blondes in with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah seemed like a good bet. A fantastic tale of a plague which seems to infect blonde women. Ifemelu

Accepting and Adjusting: Americanah and The Blondes2014-03-23T08:39:29-04:00

Elizabeth Ruth’s Matadora (2013)

2014-03-23T08:31:57-04:00

When I pointed out Matadora to a friend in a bookstore last weekend, she scrunched her nose. "Who wants to read a book about bullfighting?" Well, readers might turn to Elizabeth Ruth's third novel for many other reasons. (So, if you're scrunching your nose too, please read on.) First, she was mentored

Elizabeth Ruth’s Matadora (2013)2014-03-23T08:31:57-04:00
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