Novels: The piles are a-bloom, ever expanding. Each book has its own bookmark, each some degree of commitment attached, some commanding that kind of nervous energy that erupts when you begin a book and think that it might just be a perfect book written just for you. Like a debut novel
Last year, on six weekends, I posed about being Buried in ReLit Print, sampling the novels, short stories and poetry (which is adventurous for me) on the longlists. The longlists for the 2012 ReLit Awards were announced last Tuesday and I began making my reading plans that morning. Several of
So, I printed out the names of the authors appearing at this year's International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront in Toronto next month. Two pages, three columns: if it's a murder of crows, what does one call a big group of writers? Whatever you call it? That's what's in store
Deep breath. September will be filled with so many fantastic books. I say this with assurance, because check out the great reading below. R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril VII Details here September 1 - October 31 My reading list and over-the-top plans and dreams here Readalong of The Little Stranger details are
Are you reading the Oranges this year? Or have you developed a sensitivity/intolerance/allergy? I've only read Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues; I have Ann Patchett's State of Wonder set to read next. With a total of 6,692 pages of Orange-ness, I've read 336. Foreign Bodies, Cynthia Ozick Gillespie and I, Jane
