Search Results by tag: Sheila Heti

Sheila Heti considered for Time’s most influential list

Since 1999, Time magazine has published a list of whom it considers to be the 100 most influential people of the year. For 2013, the magazine is inviting the public to narrow down its longlist ... Read More »

April 3, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Sheila Heti makes Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist

By Natalie Sequeira

Toronto-based author Sheila Heti has made the longlist for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction for her 2010 novel, How Should a Person Be? (House of Anansi Press). Formerly known as the Orange Prize, the annual ... Read More »

March 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: New generation of Canadian poets, gender and literary fiction, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The 49th Shelf spotlights a new generation of Canadian poets The New York Times examines the rules of literary fiction for men versus women Publishers Weekly explores concerns about the future of Canadian independent bookselling 10 best practical ... Read More »

April 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Canadian publishers discuss the future, Sheila Heti on teen fiction, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Audio: Canadian publishing veterans discuss the industry's future Sheila Heti believes teens benefit from reading adult fiction, and vice versa Toronto Public Library employees are on strike Are multipurpose e-readers great for everything except reading? Nobel Prize winner ... Read More »

March 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

From the Q&Q archives: “the new-style author event”

By Sue Carter

This week we head back to the July 2002 issue of Q&Q, and an article by Erin Gault on how young authors such as Dave Eggers and Sheila Heti were forgoing the traditional bookstore readings ... Read More »

February 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Adopt an author at Word on the Street

By Sue Carter

Have you ever wanted to own your own author? Now you can, with a $100 donation to Word on the Street Toronto. In exchange for a contribution to the non-profit organization, select from a list ... Read More »

August 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

2011 ReLit longlist revealed

By Sue Carter

The very long list of nominees for the 2011 ReLit Awards, which celebrates novels, poetry, and short fiction titles published by Canadian independent presses, has been announced. ECW Press leads this year's longlist with nine ... Read More »

August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian literary event round-up: July 22-28

By Jason Spencer

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions & the African Reparations Fund) poetry reading with NourbeSe Philip, Jumari Giles, Truth Is, Zainab ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Sheila Heti, Misha Glouberman, and Kate Beaton bring Canadiana to U.S. stages

By Sue Carter

U.S. hipsters and alt-comedy fans will get a dose of Canadiana this week. Tonight, Sheila Heti and Misha Glouberman are launching their book, The Chairs Are Where The People Go (D&M Publishers), in Los Angeles. ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, March 23

By Scott MacDonald

All the news that's fit to blog: U.S. indie distributor Perseus signs deal with Apple Hachette Livre says "non" to new French Publishers Association head Borders has date with destiny on Apr. 1 (I had ... Read More »

March 23, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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