Remember how I said that I started reading these stories because I wanted to get ahead of the reading game? That The New Yorker's list of 20Under40 was kind of a random pick for me to try to redirect my habit of ignoring similar lists (yes, I even mentioned Granta's
The IFOA, International Festival of Authors, is an annual event in Toronto for the bookish. Warning: if you don't live in Toronto, you might not want to check out their line-up unless you're prepared to book transportation and purchase memberships and whole backlists to boot. It's not that much of
With my reading time somewhat fragmented this summer, I ended up reading quite a few short stories and essays, which has inspired me to methodically read through "The New Yorker's 20 Under 40" collection. Chatter about that is already underway, and it will keep me busy on Mondays and Thursdays
You can tell from the title of this story (in The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 summer feature issue) that this is a love story. Of sorts. If a somewhat one-sided love-story. Though that sounds depressing, so I hasten to say that it's not all romancey-doom-and-gloom. But it's not all
Nicola Beauman's A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel 1914-39 (1983) Virago, 1984. Persephone No. 78, 2008. I'm certain that I've said this before, but this is one of my favourite kinds of books about books. Nicola Beauman's A Very Great Profession is obviously written out of a passion for
