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Why former publisher and editor Jared Bland wrote his debut novel, "Lower City," under a pseudonym
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (994+ words) Jared Bland, writing as Alex Spring, is the author of “Lower City.” Former publisher and editor Jared Bland wrote his debut novel, “Lower City,” under the pseudonym Alex Spring. Jared Bland, former Globe and Mail and House of Anansi editor…...
Cathrin Bradbury: Willocks Street was the home of Calamity Cathrin — living the daily tyranny of all the things that mattered
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (612+ words) Cathrin Bradbury visits her former home on Willcocks Street. The intricate front porch at Cathrin Bradbury’s former Willcocks Street home. Cathrin Bradbury in front of the Willcocks Street house she once called home. Cathrin Bradbury and current owner Jess with…...
Julia Elliott wins US$150k Carol Shields Prize for ‘Hellions’
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (150+ words) TORONTO - Julia Elliott’s eerie short story collection “Hellions” has won the US$150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. “Hellions” includes elements of horror, Southern gothic and folklore, and jurors praise it for taking “no half-measures,” saying “every sentence of Hellions crackles…...
Oprah Winfrey selects Scottish author Douglas Stuart’s ‘John of John’ for her book club
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (321+ words) This cover image released by Grove Press shows “John of John” by Douglas Stuart. (Grove Press via AP) “I felt transported,” Winfrey said in a statement Tuesday. “I could feel every aspect of this remote community where tradition and judgment…...
‘Transcription,’ a dazzling novel of family and mentorship, is a beautiful work of art
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (510+ words) “Transcription” author Ben Lerner is the recipient of Fulbright, Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships. A broken smartphone is the catalyst for the events of Ben Lerner’s insightful fourth novel. The act of recording is central to Lerner’s remarkable fourth novel. At…...
Liza, Lena Dunham and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil pen memoirs
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (221+ words) Also due this spring are works by Joyce Carol Oates, Yann Martell and Douglas Stuart....
Former child star Jennette McCurdy excavates an age-gap relationship in her debut novel
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (371+ words) Former child star and hit memoirist Jennette McCurdy has published her first novel, “Half His Age.” The bestselling author of ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ is back with an unsettling novel about a teen’s relationship with her English teacher. “I…...
Reviews: Four new historical novels explore Gothic Shanghai, the Red Scare, apartheid and more
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (695+ words) Authors reviewed include Giles Blunt, Robert Hough, Caroline Lea and Alyson Richman. Our fiction roundup looks at books set in China, South Africa, Hollywood and Finland. HarperAvenue, 336 pages, $25.99 In 1911 Shanghai, Lisan Liu, an orphan raised by a bachelor guardian from…...
Booker Prize-winner George Saunders examines life and death in a brilliant new novel
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (810+ words) His brief fable ‘Vigil’ hints at ‘Citizen Kane’ and ‘A Christmas Carol.’ George Saunders, author of the Booker Prize-winning “Lincoln in the Bardo,” returns with “Vigil,” a short novel about life and death. “Vigil,” the brilliant and confounding new novel…...
Writers’ Trust sets up award for low-profile book workers: non-fiction editors
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) TORONTO - The Writers’ Trust of Canada is introducing a $25,000 award for book editors, offering flowers to a group generally inclined to stay out of the spotlight, says sponsor Nancy Flight. The organization says the prize, which will go to non-fiction…...