Autumn 2024, In My Reading Log

2024-10-03T16:11:50-04:00

Sometimes summer is a slow reading time for me, but this year? The opposite! The stacks were swelling in May and June, and every flat surface was cluttered with books begun-but-unfinished, and I didn’t have a chance to think about what else I might do…so, I read.

Autumn 2024, In My Reading Log2024-10-03T16:11:50-04:00

Mid-Year 2024, In My Reading Log (Women’s Stories)

2024-07-25T10:19:11-04:00

Past the mid-point of the reading year, I notice that there are some books I finished reading some time ago, lingering. Just, around. Left in innocuous places as though I just finished reading them there. Finally, when I found a place for Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s novel (on the shelf

Mid-Year 2024, In My Reading Log (Women’s Stories)2024-07-25T10:19:11-04:00

June 2024, In My Bookbag

2024-06-18T09:25:27-04:00

It occurred to me to keep The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu as a novella for November. But when I was rushing to leave the house one afternoon, and returned because I’d forgotten my wallet, I slipped TEoKN into my bag on a whim. So, naturally that’s what I read

June 2024, In My Bookbag2024-06-18T09:25:27-04:00

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2023

2024-04-03T18:58:08-04:00

Last year I read 11 of the longlisted titles for The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and with the recent announcement of the 2024 longlist I was prompted to reflect on 2023’s selections. Three of the short story collections I’ve already written about—Talia Laksmni Kolluri’s What We Fed to

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 20232024-04-03T18:58:08-04:00

Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 2023

2024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00

Akpan, MacLeod, Muñoz, Savaş, Talty and Tamayose Short Stories in April, May and June 2023 Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to two favourite writers and also explored four new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 20232024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00
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