Posted in Canadian, History, Non-Fiction, tagged 9/11 books, Newfoundland, The Day the World Came to Town on July 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I don’t normally read books about September 11th. In fact I usually try avoid them at all costs. But Jim DeFede’s The Day the World Came to Town pull at me. I had known that a heck of a lot of planes got grounded in Canada that day. And I knew that a lot [...]
Posted in Canadian, Fiction, Young Adult, tagged Another Kind of Cowboy, GLBT on March 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been seeing reviews of Susan Juby’s Another Kind of Cowboy popping up on book blogs quite a bit recently. Blogs like The YAYAYAs, Reading Outside the Box and The Story Siren. Not only is it YA, but it’s also GLBT and it’s (are you ready for it?) Canadian! When I found myself at a [...]
Posted in Canadian, Non-Fiction on October 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’m so woefully behind in blogging. September and October have been very busy months for me. And now like the season I’m starting to slow down. Which means more bloggy goodness because I have time to blog. Yay.
I read The 100-Mile Diet about a month ago when I went to my friends cottage. I picked [...]
IFOA, you know I love you. I want to pet you and hug you and name you George (it’s easier to say than IFOA). But for the love of books can you hire a blogger? Maybe? Pretty please?
While I’m very happy that you actually HAVE a blog I hate to tell you that you are [...]
Posted in Canadian, Literary Awards on October 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The GG’s are here! The GG’s are here!
Of course there are so many categories in the GG’s that the shortlist isn’t really so short. There are 74 books!
In the fiction category it’s no surprise that both Ondaatje and Vassanji are on the list. I mean, we all expected that right? BUT! BUT! Heather [...]
Posted in Canadian, Literary Awards on September 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »
2007 Giller Long List
David Chariandy, Soucouyant.
Sharon English, Zero Gravity.
Barbara Gowdy, Helpless.
Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air.
Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes.
Paulette Jiles, Stormy Weather.
D.R. MacDonald, Lauchlin of the Bad Heart.
Claire Mulligan,The Reckoning of Boston Jim.
Mary Novik, Conceit.
Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero.
Daniel Poliquin, A Secret Between Us.
M.G. Vassanji, The Assassin’s Song.
Michael Winter, The Architects Are Here.
Richard Wright, October.
Alissa [...]
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Canadian, Non-Fiction on July 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Time Was Soft There was one of the final books I purchased at my final visit to Nicholas Hoare in Toronto. When I bought I was with some wonderful book bloggers. The cover, of course, caught my eye. I only gave the description the briefest of glimpses before I purchased it.
I knew it [...]
Posted in Canadian, Fiction on July 5, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Green Gables prequel to focus on Anne’s early life
“Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning, the story of Anne’s life prior to her arrival at Green Gables, will be written and directed by Kevin Sullivan.
The movie will be based on hints in the original book about what Anne’s life might have been like, Sullivan [...]
Posted in Canadian on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Book buyers influenced by Canadian Radio and TV
It really is true. Back when I actually used to be able to listen to the radio during my workday I used to listen to CBC Radio. I used to get a heck of a lot of book suggestions from there. Really good ones. It’s how [...]
Posted in Canadian, Fiction, Short Stories on June 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Once upon a time this was actually a blog that talked about books. Imagine that. I’ve been very, very lazy and busy and I’m behind. Not as behind as I should be because I haven’t been reading nearly as much. But I have books that I read in Montreal at the beginning [...]
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