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

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