Writers' Trust Prize
A taste of Dan Vyleta’s novel, The Quiet Twin
This is the second in a series of excerpts this week from the five novels nominated for the 2011 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
Review: Memoir
Father-son tale an elegant weave
Carla Lucchetta reviews The Measure of a Man, by JJ Lee
Publishing
Jobs biography reveals a man always ready to pick a fight
Bill Gates, Barack Obama, even God – the Apple co-founder had strong words for all of them
Review: Short fiction
Torn from the real world
Jim Bartley reviews Once You Break a Knuckle, by D.W. Wilson
THE BOOK BIZ
At the Frankfurt Book Fair, it’s still about the money
A look at some of hotter books at the annual schmoozefest
The Daily Review, Tue., Oct. 25
Wing-nut fun in Wingfield’s World
D. Grant Black reviews Wingfield’s World: The Complete Letters from Wingfield Farm, by Dan Needles
Writers' Trust Prize
A taste of Esi Edugyan’s new novel, Half-Blood Blues
This is the first in a series of excerpts this week from the five novels nominated for the 2011 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
The Daily Review, Mon., Oct. 24
Portrait of a (future) dystopian America
Claire Cameron reviews When She Woke, by Hillary Jordan
Publishing
Richard Ford’s ‘funny money’ problem
The author of ‘Independence Day’ on the strange relationship between writing and cash
Review: Non-fiction
Margaret Atwood's brave new words
Mark Kingwell reviews In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, by Margaret Atwood
Review: Non-fiction
Can America's decline be arrested?
Not, says Roger Morris, as long as pundits such as Thomas Friedman and Jeffrey Sachs keep missing the point
Publishing
Is Jeffrey Eugenides’s new novel Victorian? Autobiographical? Postmodern?
Jeffrey Eugenides’s first novel since his acclaimed 'Middlesex' has readers in an uproar
Review: Fiction
100 years of closeted solitude
Margot Livesey reviews The Stranger’s Child, by Alan Hollinghurst
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New in crime fiction: The latest mysteries and thrillers
This week: Jo Nesbo, Karin Fossum, Barbara Cleverly and more
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New in paperback: A guide to the latest releases
This week: Bob Rae, Alan Bradley and more
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An admirably ambitious counting book
Japanese author helps children get all the way to 100
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IFOA podcast archive
From Atwood to Ignatieff to Willis, a complete set of all the podcasts of readings and discussions recorded at the International Festival of Authors
