And what will you find in this collection of short stories, edited by Lynne Knight and published under this title (and under The Secret Woman) in 1993? Thoughts and ideas about many things. About marriage: "If she had never, from the first, regarded her marriage as a full cancelling of
Jon Chan Simpson invites readers into a world of "abductions, gunshots, commando dads, street-poet moms", a world populated by gangs and kidnapping conspiracies. "‘This thing - chinksta.’ She stumbled over the word, at first but pulled herself through it. ‘You’re worried this is all you got,’ she said. 'This is
Please welcome back ReaderWoman, who has bookchatted here before, as part of the House of Anansi 45 reading celebration of indie presses and bookshops. (You can search for her posts using the tag GuestPost.) She has been reading (among other good things, which you can discover here) Blanche Howard's posthumously
The ReLit Awards, founded by Kenneth J. Harvey, are considered Canada's "pre-eminent literary prize recognizing independent presses" (taken from the prize's website, where you will also find longlists and shortlists: lots of good reading). Serving today, a plateful of the 2013 Short Fiction winner (Ian Rogers' Every House Is Haunted)
Diversiverse, hosted by Booklust, is scheduled for October 4th through the 17th. It only requires that you read a single book by a POC writer and post about it during the event. If you don't have a book in mind, here are some of my favourites; one of them might
