The NYT Magazine said it’s the best book you’ll read in 2013. High praise for a book that was published on January 10, a pub. date that I’m guessing will have amused the author considering the book’s title.
I discussed George Sunders’ heatbreaking and hilarious new story collection on Day 6 with Brent Bambury
Should you read it? Here’s the audio.
My 2012 Holiday Reads for Day 6 (also Far from the Tree, which I seem to have forgotten about when taking the picture...)
Three more shopping days till Christmas!
Here are my tips for the buzziest books underneath the tree this year, as shared with Brent Bambury on this morning’s CBC Day 6.
Shoppers in Toronto: you can get all of these and more at the fabulous Type Books, where I’m often to be found selling books of a weekend. All except Building Stories, that is, which is sold out everywhere in the city (gasp!) except for The Beguiling, which was clever enough to get a Santa’s warehouse full! Go indies!
Happy holiday reading folks.
One of the great American novelists has published his first novel in 6 years and called it CANADA.
Cue excitement in literary circles everywhere, but most especially north of the border.
So … should you read it?
On CBC Day 6 this morning I said … probably not, no.
Literary Awards: too few, too many, or just enough?
Erin Balser and I will be talking to Mary Ito on CBC Fresh Air tomorrow morning, October 15, about literary awards season and how readers can make sense of the slew of shortlists they’re confronted with throughout the year.
The segment airs at 8:30am EDT on CBC Radio One.