I'm nostalgic for the days when writers and poets personally recommended and championed books for Canada Reads, rather than producers offering celebrities a list of books and inviting them to select a book they feel could win the competition. The writer-defenders seemed to be fans of multiple books who
Endicott, Manto, King, Bruneau and Lispector Short Stories in January, February and March Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to two favourite writers and also explored three new-to-me story writers.
They are no longer only thieves and rascals: “All men are filth.” Bea is perhaps no more unhappy than Marian Kimber, but she is more outwardly disgruntled. And even though she says this with a laugh, there’s an undeniable edge to it. “My mother was a saint and my
I don't remember consciously choosing Irish stories until Mel started to host the Irish Short Story event in 2011, but since I was nine, there have been Irish authors on my shelves. Nonetheless, for the past ten years on the 17th of March, I've had Bubble and Squeak on
Fans of E.M. Delafield’s Provincial Lady’s diaries will find many chuckles in this very short excerpt from the imagined diary kept by composer Richard Wagner’s mistress (who became his wife seven years after their relationship began). The story is subtitled “More Sturm und Drang from Cosima Wagner’s Diaries” and
