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 […]
Johanna Skibsrud
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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, […]