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Pick, Edugyan, deWitt make Booker longlist

Three Canadian authors have made the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist, announced today. Alison Pick's Far to Go (House of Anansi Press, Q&Q's September 2010 cover profile), Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues (forthcoming from ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Edmonton literary magazine launches in Toronto

By Natalie Samson

Eighteen Bridges, the cultural magazine of "narrative journalism and first-person essays" that sprang onto Edmonton's literary scene in October 2010, will make its Toronto debut tonight. A labour of love co-founded by Curtis Gillespie and ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Mavis wasn’t crazy about Mordecai

By Nathan Whitlock

Here's an excerpt from the interview Jhumpa Lahiri did with Mavis Gallant in the new issue of Granta. (We just thought it was funny...) MG: I remember one of the people around in that winter ... Read More »

July 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Lahiri vs. Gallant, Calvin and Hobbes, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more

By Suzanne Gardner

Some bookish links: The National Post reports on Jhumpa Lahiri's 53-page interview with Mavis Gallant in the summer 2009 issue of Granta, a back-and-forth battle in which Lahiri constantly works to make her presence felt, ... Read More »

July 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Granta editor calls attention to impending Canadian litmag crisis

By Scott MacDonald

John Freeman, the new acting editor of Granta magazine, weighs in on the state of litmags in an article in today's Independent. Interestingly, the piece begins by looking at the recent blow dealt to litmags ... Read More »

June 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Meet John Freeman, Granta’s new acting editor

By Stuart Woods

Granta has posted a lengthy online interview with its new acting editor, John Freeman, who stepped into the role last week after the abrupt departure of previous editor Alex Clark. The former president of the ... Read More »

June 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Laura Miller, Granta, and immigrant lit (and James Wood)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Granta's new "Best of Young American Novelists 2" issue is now out (the followup to a 1996 issue), and The Los Angeles Times looks at the under-35 authors who made the cut this time, noting ... Read More »

April 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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