The great Colm Tóibín—award-winning novelist, journalist, playwright, critic and generally nice fellow—is speaking tonight at the University of King’s College Elizabeth Bishop Symposium to celebrate The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary as part of the Flemming Lecture Series. Tóibín is the keynote speaker with Marie-Claire Blais for “It Must Be Nova Scotia: Negotiating Place in the Writings […]
Marie-Claire Blais
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Rebecca Born in the Maelstrom, Marie-Claire Blais (Anansi)
Rebecca was born in the Maelstrom, but you’re perhaps not so prepared for the swirling, crushing vortex of Marie-Claire Blais’ latest offering. Her GG Award-winner, composed in one paragraph and with pages-long sentences, is as clear as the Income Tax Act. It’s the fourth novel in a series, which could be to blame for my […]