Short fiction Bill Gaston follows up his 2012 novel, The World, with a return to the genre that nabbed him a place on the 2006 Governor General's Literary Award shortlist (for Gargoyles) and the 2002 ... Read More »
January 16, 2014
Novels The fall of 2013 was such a jam-packed season for CanLit, it seemed as though the well must have run dry for big, splashy books. But a quick glance at the lineup for the ... Read More »
January 15, 2014
Since opening its doors to international jurors, the Scotiabank Giller Prize has found itself the subject of some controversy. British writer and critic Victoria Glendinning, who served on the jury in 2009, caused a stir ... Read More »
January 10, 2014 | Filed under: Authors
For CanLit aficionados, 2013 has been an embarrassment of riches. Major new works from Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, Colin McAdam, Wayne Johnston, Douglas Coupland, Lynn Coady, Lisa Moore, Michael Winter, and Eleanor Catton abutted strong ... Read More »
December 2, 2013 | Filed under: Books of the Year
When Eleanor Catton won the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction earlier this week, she said that the winning book, an 850-page tome about the disappearance of a wealthy man during one of New ... Read More »
November 15, 2013 | Filed under: Authors
Ian Hamilton, author of the best-selling Ava Lee and Uncle series of mysteries, is giving his many fans an unexpected early holiday gift: a novella that tells the story of how Ava and Uncle met, ... Read More »
November 8, 2013
Although details are scarce, various sources are reporting that Tom Clancy, best-selling author of books such as The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and The Sum of All Fears has died. According to the ... Read More »
October 2, 2013 | Filed under: Authors
The Writers' Union of Canada has issued a blistering riposte to the University of British Columbia, resulting from the latter's claim that the cost of student course packs has been reduced by up to 33 ... Read More »
September 13, 2013 | Filed under: Writing life
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, currently the country's richest prize for fiction. To mark the occasion, the Giller administration is making some changes, including one that will likely come ... Read More »
September 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
Never let it be said that Margaret Atwood is one to shy away from a challenge. The author of The Handmaid's Tale and the just-released MaddAddam has already updated Homer in The Penelopiad, a feminist ... Read More »
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