Yesterday, Lynn Coady won the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2013 for her collection of short-stories called “Hellgoing”. In an emotional speech, she thanked her husband, her parents and her publisher. She also added that she was proud to be a Canadian writer, especially since authors were treated like movie stars in our country. About the book (from the publisher’s website, House of Anansi): With astonishing range and depth, Scotiabank Giller Prize winner…
Fiction
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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
On 24 September 2013, Margaret Atwood came to Ottawa to present the last book in the MaddAddam Trilogy. The event took place at the Southminster United Church, and the place was packed, a testament to the author’s fame. Margaret Atwood, all dressed in black with a red and gold shawl, talked about the dystopian world she imagined in the MaddAddam Trilogy. The story came to her almost in its entirety…
Amanda Lindhout
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A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
Amanda Lindhout, a Canadian freelance journalist, and Nigel Brennan, an Australian photographer, traveled to Somalia in the summer of 2008 to report on the war raging in this country. What should have been a one-week short trip turned into a 15-month nightmare when Amanda and Nigel were kidnapped by a group of rebels. This book tells Amanda’s harrowing and heartbreaking story. Deeply moving, it is very well written and manages…
Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway Quotation
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” – Ernest Hemingway
Graphic novel
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Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
First of all, I should mention that my love affair with graphic novels started only a few years ago when I was taking a Reader’s Advisory course at Algonquin College. Before that, I thought graphic novels were limited to the superhero genre which didn’t attract me much. Now I know that this medium is as interesting and as varied as regular books. If you have never read graphic novels, I…
Welcome to my blog!
If you love books, you’ll definitely enjoy reading this blog! I’ll write book reviews, talk about literary events I go to, give you fun facts about authors and much more. I will keep my posts relatively brief though because, really, who has the time to read a 1,000-word review? You have a life and so do I! 🙂 Stay tuned! You won’t want to miss this!