Monday, April 21, 2014

New Releases, Upcoming Releases, and Other News

Upcoming releases:David Chariandy will publish Brother next year, a novel.
McClelland & Stewart (September 8, 2015). I see my local library has this book on order, with publication date May 2014. I have not yet added this book to the Index. No cover available yet.

The Afterlife Of Stars by Joseph Kertes, Penguin Group Canada (September 9, 2014). I have not yet added this book to the Index. No cover available yet.
   
Book releases, now available: 7 Ways to Sunday  by Lee Kvern,
new collection contains thirteen stories. Book launch at The Bluerock Gallery in Black Diamond, Alberta on Saturday, April 26, 2014. Website: www.leekvern.com
Publisher: Enfield & Wizenty (April 15, 2014). Lee Kvern lives near Okotoks, Alberta. This book already in my Index.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez also died last week (April 17, 2014).  I listened with interest to Michael Crummey's comments on CBC how Marquez's magical realism influenced his own novels, such as Galore (2009).

A new Canadian writer will be added to the Index:
Patricia PEARSON (b. 1964, Mexico City, Mexico)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Pearson
Playing House (2003)  novel Random House Canada
Believe Me (2005) novel Random House Canada
other books:
When She Was Bad: How and Why Women Get Away with Murder (1998) nonfiction
Area Woman Blows Gasket (2005) nonfiction
A Brief History of Anxiety - Yours and Mine (2008) nonfiction
Opening Heaven’s Door (2014) nonfiction
homepage: www.pearsonspost.com/wp/
See her Q&A at Montreal Gazette
 


Alistair MACLEOD (1936-2014) b. North Battleford, Saskatchewan
He passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014.


14). I listened with interest to Michael

Monday, April 7, 2014

An Index to Canadian Fiction in English 2014


An updated version of An Index to Canadian Fiction in English 2014 is now available at Lulu.com.

As new information (authors, books, etc.) is added to the Index, the web version of the Index will be updated.

The 2012 version of the book had 1080 author listings. This version is no longer available in paperback.
The 2014 version of the book has 1558 individual authors. (A count of 1581 if pseudonyms are included.)

This blog will announce updates to the author list.