Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion (1987)

2024-09-03T11:49:47-04:00

Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion Knopf, 1987 I first read this as a teenager. I’d already been reading a lot of adult literature, even if I was still regularly re-reading childhood favourites like the Anne books and still discovering some classics like K.M. Peyton’s Flambards stories and

Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion (1987)2024-09-03T11:49:47-04:00

Canada Reads Indie: Darren Greer

2014-03-10T20:41:42-04:00

Darren Greer’s Still Life with June Cormorant Books Inc, 2003 His phone number is unlisted and he always, always uses a pseudonym; when he rhymes those aliases off, one of them is Darren Greer. So straight off, reading Darren’s Greer’s novel, Still Life with June, readers know that they will

Canada Reads Indie: Darren Greer2014-03-10T20:41:42-04:00

Three Books that I Would Have Avoided

2014-07-11T16:41:03-04:00

In my books, this is unmissable bookishness. At one point, I had fallen six months behind in my listening, but there was no question of deleting those episodes of The Next Chapter; it's a no-fail source of reading recommendations for me. Shelagh Rogers’ casual around-the-kitchen-table bookchat brings out a layer to the

Three Books that I Would Have Avoided2014-07-11T16:41:03-04:00

Myla Goldberg’s Wickett’s Remedy (2010)

2014-03-09T19:27:11-04:00

Myla Goldberg's Wickett's Remedy Bond Street-Random House (2005) Myla Goldberg's Bee Season turned me into a total book-nag; I nagged every reader I knew about reading it when I had finished it myself. I loved everything about it, from the first page to the back cover, with the author's black-'n'-white-striped

Myla Goldberg’s Wickett’s Remedy (2010)2014-03-09T19:27:11-04:00

“The Train of Their Departure” David Bezmozgis

2014-03-09T19:00:35-04:00

David Bezmozgis "The Train of Their Departure" The New Yorker Fiction: 20 Under 40 August 9, 2010 issue It was the inclusion of names like David Bezmosgis' in The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 list that got me keen on reading the series as a whole. I absolutely loved his

“The Train of Their Departure” David Bezmozgis2014-03-09T19:00:35-04:00
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