Monthly Archives: August 2012

Crosbie, Lynn: Life Is About Losing Everything

Crosbie, Lynn Life Is About Losing Everything House of Anansi, 2012 Paperback, 348 pages Review by:  Kerry Riley One day, long ago, and as a result of some long-forgotten plumbing catastrophe, I found myself, in the fading light of a dismal, sleeting afternoon … Continue reading

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Heti, Sheila: How Should A Person Be?

Heti, Sheila How Should A Person Be? House of Anansi Press, 2012 Paperback (expanded edition) 306 pages Toronto writer Sheila Heti’s new book How Should A Person Be? has already garnered significant attention, with commentary in Quill & Quire, The Globe and … Continue reading

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Canadian Authors Association Awards Announced

This summer’s winners of the Canadian Authors Association Awards have been announced.    Patrick deWitt wins the award for fiction for The Sisters Brothers (Anansi)  beating out Miriam Toews (Irma Voth) and others.   The poetry prize goes to Goran Simic for … Continue reading

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