books and authors – Page 2

This is the last worthless evening that you’ll have to spend

So with 725 visits to my name (literally) the hit counter has been officially reset. Hopefully now I’ll be able to get a better sense of who’s actually tuning in. In other boring-ass news: I ...

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Become a better you with books

BOOKS | Self-help books for the back-to-school season. Forget Bridget Jones and her hook-a-man manuals. Let die the Susan Powter days of your mother. Self-help books have finally jumped into the ...

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Chuck Klosterman is tired, and he hates his new book

BOOKS & CULTURE | Chuck Klosterman is tired. He’s been out promoting his new book Killing Yourself to Live for six weeks and the poor man has had enough. He’s tired of travelling and ...

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The Sweet Edge review, and Q&A with Alison Pick

BOOKS | The Sweet Edge, by Alison Pick, is a book that would probably appeal to almost anybody – if only they knew it existed. It’s the first prose offering from celebrated Canadian poet Alison ...

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Try it out, it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen

So it’s been ages since I’ve posted published stuff, I know. Sometimes I cheat by adding a new cheap blog entry, but it’s been awhile since I’ve added any new articles. It’s going to happen this ...

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Team writing: novel contest winners spill secrets

WRITING | Three days. Two authors. One book deal. Team writing for the win! The 3-Day Novel Contest is one crazy-ass Canadian initiative, but every year, another winner is born. And last year, ...

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Stephens Gerard Malone Q&A

BOOKS | Dude writes like a lady? Stephens Gerard Malone thinks he has every right to lie about his identity to get published. Men can’t write convincingly about women. At least, that’s what a ...

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Lights will guide you home

Haven’t blogged in awhile cause I’ve been in Toronto. The one and a half people who read this silly site were devastated in my absence, I’m sure. All in all, a very interesting trip. Mostly ...

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Borrow a bias? Rent a gay?

CULTURE | Library launches “borrow a bias” rent-a-person program in Sweden. Got “a gay” in your life? You know, one of those handy sentient stereotypes to cart around? Not to worry. ...

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Memoirs worth reading?

BOOKS | Everybody thinks they’re interesting. Few people actually are. So are memoirs worth reading? Sometimes? Basically, memoirs are a bit of a crap shoot. That said, some people do have good ...

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3-Day Novel Contest under new management

WRITING | The 3-Day Novel Contest isn’t yet a money-maker, but new independent owners say, hey, you never know. Some writers spend years working on their novels. Decades, even. And sometimes that ...

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Bully: It’s the Pits

BOOKS | An interview with Paul Labonté, the artist/maker behind dog photo book Bully: It’s the Pits. The 107 is a bus line in Montreal. It’s also the adopted moniker of Paul Labonté (Paul 107), ...