Originally published, Friday, April 24, 2009
Yesterday copies of The English Stories arrived chez moi. Such a striking cover! The interior design looks so clean/clear. Altogether I’m really pleased. There are also some zippy bookmarks that I’ll be glad to hand out.
My father used to claim that an author, on opening a newly published book, is [...]
Originally published, Saturday, March 28, 2009
Biblioasis has a blog called Thirsty, at www.biblioasis.blogspot.com I’ll be writing for it occasionally this spring.
My first post appeared on 27 March, about how The English Stories began. When writing the first, I didn’t realize there’d be a suite of them.
Soon I’ll do a post on memory. I was [...]
Originally published, Sunday, March 22, 2009
The English Stories will be launched in Vancouver on Thursday 14 May, from 7 to 9 pm in the Bistro at the Sylvia Hotel, 1154 Gilford Street.
I’m happy that this date is set!
Biblioasis is also arranging for me a series of readings in Ontario, in late May/early June. These will [...]
Originally published, Sunday, March 8, 2009
Welcome to my website and this blog! They’ve come into existence because a new book of mine, The English Stories, will appear in May 09 from Biblioasis.
The collection began in 1993 with a story called “Country Life,” and the last one written is in Best Canadian Stories 2008, edited by [...]