A Blog About Books and Reading
A Blog About Books and Reading
Gordon Hill purchased PQL and will become a vertically integrated unit – a single company with two imprints.
M&S had a good day, also taking home the nonfiction prize in English.
"I think the majority of us – left, centre, right, whatever – are interested in finding a way out of this."
There is ambiguity here, but also a plaintive recognition of very human emotions that are often denied or ignored by people frightened by their complexity or contradictions.
"It’s clear that the lines between what is public and what’s private has been blurred," said Elana Rabinovitch.
"I would turn your attention back to the role of literature in situations like this, which is to interrogate hate and certitude and ideas that people are conflicted about."
Sharp shares with Jon Klassen an affection for macabre conclusions in which the story's villain gets an exaggerated, though not unwarranted, comeuppance.
"The problem in this country is that people seem to feel that if it's funny it's not serious."
With fully three-fifths of the nominations, the Giller shortlist continues the hot streak for Penguin Random House Canada.
Also of note is the publication dates of these books, none of which was published after February 2024.