Quill and Quire

by Leigh Anne Williams

The adults are all right

Somewhere in Noah Richler's latest Toronto Star column, there's an admiring review of Miriam Toews's new novel, A Complicated Kindness (Knopf Canada). But first there are some pokes at uppity young folks, some fond memories ... Read More »

May 3, 2004 | Filed under: Events

What gets read

By Leigh Anne Williams

The literary website The Complete Review weighs in on the practice of publishers self-selecting the titles that will compete for major awards. Many prizes accept submissions only from publishers, and limit the number of titles ... Read More »

May 3, 2004 | Filed under: Events

No hip replacements?

By Leigh Anne Williams

Where have all the hip young writers gone, wonders Ryan Bigge in the National Post. Bigge implies that once-revolutionary authors like Michael Turner, Lynn Coady, and Annabel Lyon have settled down in the suburbs of ... Read More »

April 26, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Griffin grumbling

By Leigh Anne Williams

Poet and writer Zachariah Wells takes on the Griffin Prize's Canadian shortlist and finds it wanting in this piece for the Maisonneuve web site. Wells thinks highly of Di Brandt's Now You Care, but has ... Read More »

April 26, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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