Monthly Archives: November 2011

Rivers of Life in Frances Itani’s Requiem

Posted on November 27, 2011 by kerryoncanlit

Itani, Frances: Requiem Part II Click here for Part I of Review. Water and particularly rivers have been recurring elements in Itani’s writing (see for example, Leaning, Leaning Over Water) and the author herself has stated that she connects rivers to the … Continue reading →

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2011 Governor General’s Awards

Posted on November 15, 2011 by kerryoncanlit

Congratulations to Patrick deWitt, winner of the 2011 Governor General’s Award for fiction for his book The Sisters Brothers. Also of Canliterary note, Charles Foran won in the nonfiction category for his biography of Mordecai Richler, Mordecai: The Life and … Continue reading →

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Esi Edugyan Wins the Giller!

Posted on November 8, 2011 by kerryoncanlit

As announced this evening at the Giller Gala, author Esi Edugyan takes home the $50,000 Giller Prize for her novel, Half-Blood Blues See Kerry On Can  Lit review here 2011 Giller Shortlist The Free World by David Bezmozgis The Antagonist … Continue reading →

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Itani, Frances: Requiem

Posted on November 7, 2011 by kerryoncanlit

Itani, Frances Requiem Harper Collins 2011 314 pages Advance Readers’ Edition Requiem, Ottawa writer Frances Itani’s newest book, is, according to the author, the product of forty or so years of on-and-off research* into one of our country’s least worthy … Continue reading →

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