Aug 15 2010
[Lori Gallagher, The Daily Gleaner, August 14th 2010]:
The longlist is out for the 2010 ReLit Awards and its good news for Goose Lane Editions.
The ReLit awards are based in Newfoundland and were founded to acknowledge the best new work released by independent publishers.
Aug 13 2010
[from the blog 'What's The Idea?', August 11th 2010]:
I was in Dominica this weekend past to attend the Dominica Literary Festival. It is an event put on by a handful of bibliophiles and patriots led by Alwin Bully, a Caribbean treasure, like Lennox Honeychurch, people with a sensibility and sensitivity directed towards the soul of this region. It was quite an intimate affair, expected to grow as the festival builds visibility and a following.
Aug 11 2010
[from Susan Zettell's blog, August 9th 2010]:
For the curious, here is my slightly rambling one-sentence synopsis.
“To be written in five sections, each section based on a part of Charles Bukowski’s poem, “The Laughing Heart”, The Lazarus Maple is a novel set in full summer on Cape Breton Island, where Keith Crossman, who has a surprising and perhaps complete remission in his terminal cancer, and his wife, Lori, are learning to live with Keith’s new and as yet not entirely understood lease on life.”
Aug 04 2010
[Roberta, from her blog 'What's the idea?', August 2nd 2010]:
We have agreed in that time that understanding and remembering Caribbean experiences of extreme exploitation is important for building a civilization of the opposite values- one of social justice. And so we refresh our memory and keep focus on the collective aspiration through teaching West Indian history from primary to secondary school. We commemorate Emancipation Day and in Trinidad Indian Arrival Day. Our children are fed a steady diet of Caribbean history and yes, literature in which the central theme is slavery and indentured labour. We learn and celebrate the struggle of our ancestors for freedom and development.
Aug 02 2010
[Arifa Akbar, The Independent, July 28th 2010]:
Lisa Moore’s February is also based on real world events, namely a disaster on an oil rig off the coast of Newfoundland, on Valentine’s Day 1982. Three authors on the list have been shortlisted before: Mitchell for number9dream and the bestseller Cloud Atlas, Damon Galgut for The Good Doctor, and Rose Tremain for Restoration. The winner of the £50,000 prize will be announced on 12 October.