Writers’ Trust Atwood Gibson fiction shortlist comprises entirely books from independent Canadian presses
Two collections of short fiction and two works in translation are represented on a list that spans the country from PEI to Alberta.
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Two collections of short fiction and two works in translation are represented on a list that spans the country from PEI to Alberta.
"When the author gives me a scene of wild young passion, then I can no longer slog through the immediate follow-up of a tender description of the bendings of wheat in the breeze."
The single book review was of a book by technology columnist Josh O'Kane.
The elimination of the Canadian category makes it that much harder for domestic poets to access time in the spotlight.
Auletta employs the benefit of hindsight to produce a portrait of a brash, egotistical Hollywood outsider whose power allowed his monstrous side to flourish without consequence for too long.
"If I could go back, I might tell younger me, 'Don't do this.' "
Lambert uses the structure of a classical Greek tragedy to tell the story of a strike at a sawmill and the amoral, charismatic figure caught up in it.
Rather than farm teams, it's preferable to think of smaller publishers as craft breweries or artisinal vineyards.
"IA is trying to paint this lawsuit as giant corporations (publishers) going after the little guy, but we see it as the opposite."
"Once a book with a big advance is in-house ... it gets no special treatment," McIntosh said on the stand.