Are You Kidding Me?!: Chronicles of an Ordinary Life Lesley Crewe has written a boatload of novels. One of them, Relative Happiness, was made into a feature film and enjoyed by audiences at the (then) Atlantic Film Festival in 2014. Crewe is known for her long-form fiction, but she’s also known for taking the details […]
Giller Prize
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Giddy for Giller: Esi Edugyan wins!
The Giller Prize winner is announced tonight, you guys. One lucky author is going to MAKE IT RAIN. Celebrate this prestigious award while supporting the Atlantic Book Awards Society at their Giller Lite Bash. There will be chances to win Giller-nommed books, and you can watch the live broadcast of the ceremony. Don’t forget the […]
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Eyes on the Prize
Author Johanna Skibsrud, won the 2010 Giller Prize—and many hearts—with her novel The Sentimentalists (Gaspereau Press). She comes to the KTS Lecture Room (New Academic Building, 6350 Coburg) Monday, October 3 at 7pm. Skibsrud talks with the Coast about how she balances her writing (she will be reading on Monday from her new collection of […]
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Nova Scotia native Skibsrud wins Giller, 50-Gs
Johanna Skibsrud won the Giller Prize, and its fifty-grand purse, for her novel The Sentimentalists, which was published by Gaspereau Press. The 30-year-old—-the youngest ever to receive the literary award—-grew up in Pictou County, specifically Scotsburn in Pictou County, home to one of the province’s major dairies. Based in Montreal, Skibsrud until this point has been known as a poet. Her book of poetry, I Do Not Think That I Could Love A Human Being, came out on Gaspereau’s spring list this year. (Read about it on the publisher’s site: http://www.gaspereau.com/1554470854.shtml) Skibsrud’s debut novel, The Sentimentalists, accompanies the daughter
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It’s Giller time
All the book peeps turn in their corduroy jackets for tuxes (nothing like perpetuating a stereotype) for the Giller Prize ceremony, one of the country’s biggest literary nights. The Atlantic Book Awards Society wants you to be part of the festivities: they’re throwing a party down at the Writers’ Fed (1113 Marginal), tonight, from 8-11pm, […]
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MacLeod makes Giller shortlist
Alexander MacLeod‘s short fiction collection, Light Lifting, has been shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Published by Biblioasis, Light Lifting is MacLeod’s first book, though his stories have appeared regularly in Canadian literary journals. He also teaches in the English and Atlantic Studies programs at Saint Mary’s University. A short feature based on a conversation […]