Christmas Gift Ideas
December 14th, 2009 § 1 Comment
Never More There
It was nice to see that my book, Never More There, is among the recommended titles of 2009 over at Salty Ink.
This site deals exclusively in Atlantic Canadian writing and it’s good to get a nod in this direction. It’s also suggested the book would make a great gift for the holiday season and I have to agree.
Thanks to Chad Pelley for the mention.
Sparks Literary Festival
December 8th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Mary Dalton at Memorial University’s English Deptartment has been working hard over the last while to put together a literary festival to celebrate the wealth of talent and writing being produced in and about Newfoundland and Labrador. I’ve been asked to take part in the Sparks Literary Festival and I’m quite excited about it. There are some big names on the bill and some lesser knowns: Michael Crummey, Don McKay, Patrick Warner, Russel Wangersky, Lisa Moore, Leslie Vryenhoek, and Tom Dawe just to name a few.
I’m looking forward to this very much indeed. It will be the first time I will have read in a festival or large literary gathering, not to mention the other great writers who will be in attendance. If you’re in town Jan. 17th be sure to drop down to the Petro Canada Hall at MUN to check this out.
You can find a link to the festival information page on the MUN website here.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown of events with a couple of blurbs from involved individuals.
Late Night News
December 8th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
I’m up late doing some marking and prep for classes later this week, so to break the tedium I’ve dipped into some news items for you.
- An original of Poe’s first book of poems fetched nearly $700K.
- Salty Ink has an article outlining some of the top young writers of Atlantic Canada. I’ve been reading and enjoying Pelley, but have Ferguson’s book of poems in the queue.
- A. F. Moritz talks about the new volume called The Best Canadian Poetry in English, which he edited.
- Canada Reads has announced the next line up of books in its reading list. Might give you some ideas for upcoming reading.
