More on Kathleen Winter's debut novel, Annabel, this time in The Gazette.
St. John's writer Russell Wangersky will be one of several notable authors appearing at the Whistler Readers & Writers Festival this year. A complete list of participants will be released in August. Read an article on the Festival here.
Newfoundland writer Lisa Moore has been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for her second novel, February, a fictional account of the emotional aftermath of the Ocean Ranger disaster. A short-list of nominees will be announced in September of this year.
Griffin Prize-winning poet Don McKay has sent Prime Minister Stephen Harper a copy of John Steffler's poetry collection The Grey Islands as part of Yann Martel's What is Stephen Harper Reading blog. Read McKay's accompanying letter here.
Novelist and poet Michael Crummey's latest novel, Galore, is now available in paperback. See H.J. Kirchhoff's Globe & Mail precis here, or read The Globe's original review by Steven Galloway here.
Poet and playwright Agnes Walsh's new play, "Come Here Til I Tells Ya," will debut on July 24 at the Cuslett Arts Centre, in Cuslett, on the Cape Shore of Newfoundland. Read more about the play or about Tramore Productions.
Mary Dalton, Jessica Grant and Kevin Major are this year's faculty at Piper's Frith: Writing in Kilmory, an annual writers' workshop based in Swift Current, Newfoundland. Visit the website of the Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador for more details.
Novelist and short story writer Kathleen Winter will be launching her novel, Annabel, on Tuesday, July 20, 8 p.m., at The Ship Pub on Duckworth Street.
Kathleen Winter is interviewed about her new novel, Annabel, on Bookdiscovery, a book blog. Read the interview here.
Novelist and short story writer Russell Wangersky describes his recent near-collision with a moose in his column for the St. John's Telegram.
Eyewear, the literary blog of Canadian poet Todd Swift, has selected John Steffler as one of sixty poets who "have made the largest impact on the world of English-language poetry these past five years." Read the whole list here.
The Walrus features a new piece of fiction by Lisa Moore.
Newfoundland authors Tom Dawe and Michael Crummey have won Canadian Authors Association awards.
Novelist and short story writer Kathleen Winter is guest editing "The Afterword" in The National Post this week. Winter's first novel, Annabel, has just been released by House of Anansi Press.
Novelist and short story writer Kathleen Winter is profiled in The Globe & Mail. Winter's first novel, Annabel, has just been released by House of Anansi Press.
Here's an interesting post on book clubs from Rebecca Rosenblum's newly relocated (and sharply designed) blog.
Steven Heighton has written an interesting piece on being both a poet and a fiction writer for The National Post. Read it here.
Salty Ink is running an Atlantic Canadian version of Canada Reads. It's called (drumroll, please) Atlantic Canada Reads. Natch.
The incomparable Walrus (see how they run like pigs from a gun) has published a new piece by Michael Winter, illustrated by Seth. It's an excerpt from Winter's upcoming book, The Death of Donna Whalen.
This is something we should have drawn attention to a while ago, but didn't. Leslie Vryenhoek's Scrabble Lessons receives a nice little profile on the website of Salty Ink. Vryenhoek's collection is well worth reading, for anyone who appreciates the short story form--or, for that matter, for anyone who enjoys razor sharp writing.
In case you haven't yet come across them, here are two interviews with Jessica Grant, author of the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award-winning book, Come, Thou Tortoise.
If you haven't already (and you happen to be in St. John's), drop down to the Leyton Gallery of Fine Art on Clift's-Baird's Cove to see a solo exhibition of artwork by Jennifer Barrett. Outdoorsy runs until June 20th, so there's still time to see her fabulously vibrant artwork.
We're pleased to announce that Newfoundland poet Mark Callanan's Sea Legend, a chapbook of poems recently published by Frog Hollow Press, has been nominated for this year's bpNichol Chapbook Poetry Award.
EarLit Shorts, the signature audio short fiction anthology series from Rattling Books is calling for submissions.
Rattling Books author Steven Heighton talks to The Walrus about his latest novel, Every Lost Country.
Jessica Grant takes Amazon First Novel prize
