<![CDATA[Leader-Post - Books]]>http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/index.htmlBook Newsen-caCopyright (c)Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:56:59 ZLISTCANDFLTNUTF81800870InformTagsOnlySp4ToSp6Book NewsBooksbooksentertainmententertainment/books/Book News/story.html(c) Postmedia Network Inc.tag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13332119http://www.leaderpost.com/news/from+local+international+biblioasis+record+year/13332119/story.htmlFrom local to international: Biblioasis set for record yearBiblioasis has a hard time remembering it&#8217;s a&#160;small press. The award-winning Windsor-based publishing house&#160;&#8212; in only its 13th year of&#160;existence &#8212; will produce&#160;a record 35 new titles in 2017, mixing local history with international fare. &#8220;All told it&#8217;s our most ambitious list in terms of size,&#8221; publisher Dan Wells said recently. &#8220;And in many ways [&#8230;]Book NewsSat, 29 Apr 2017 13:16:36 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13332870http://www.leaderpost.com/news/local+news/best+books+week+april/13332870/story.htmlB.C.: 15 best books of the week, April 29The top reads this week.Book NewsSat, 29 Apr 2017 07:20:36 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13331527http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/behind+ernest+hemingway+suicide+nine+concussions+that/13331527/story.htmlBehind Ernest Hemingway’s suicide, nine concussions that incapacitated his brain, forensic psychiatrist concludesAndrew Farah believes Hemingway was afflicted with CTE, once known as dementia pugilistica for the 'punch-drunk' boxers who exhibited itBook NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 20:49:08 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13331665http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/novelist+claire+cameron+dramatizes+debate+that+last/13331665/story.htmlNovelist Claire Cameron dramatizes the debate that the last Neanderthal didn’t come before the first human'I think what I like about writing is that I can take such huge risks from the safety of my computer. I'm a runner who likes running distances'Book NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 20:03:42 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13331765http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/book+review+female+correspondents+carve/13331765/story.htmlBook review: Female war correspondents carve the wayBook offers engaging stories about three remarkable women.Book NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 19:56:57 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13331717http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/atwood+ondaatje+98the+alpha+omega+literary+celebrity/13331717/story.htmlAre Atwood and Ondaatje, ‘the alpha and omega of literary celebrity in Canada,’ still worth reading?In his new essay collection, entitled Revolutions: Essays on Contemporary Canadian Fiction, Alex Good never pulls his punchesBook NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 19:19:38 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13331573http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/important+lessons+brunch+nothing+more+than+expensive/13331573/story.htmlThe important lessons: Why brunch is nothing more than an expensive ‘declaration of leisure’It can offer community and connection, but it's also a prime example of conspicuous consumptionBook NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 17:39:23 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13328835http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/important+lessons+98gig+economy+helped+redefine+98the/13328835/story.htmlThe important lessons: How the ‘gig economy’ has helped redefine ‘the leisure gap’For those struggling in the 'gig economy' and/or working paycheque to paycheque, free time is whenever you can get itBook NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 16:49:40 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13331420http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/blue+star+imbolo+mbue+living+dream/13331420/story.htmlBlue Met star Imbolo Mbue is living the dreamIn town to receive Blue Metropolis&#8217;s Words to Change Prize, the Cameroon-born writer talks about the remarkable success of her coming-to-America debut novel, Behold the Dreamers.Book NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 15:40:35 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13330655http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/handmaid+tale+raises+questions+about+consume+create/13330655/story.htmlHow The Handmaid’s Tale raises questions about how we consume and create art in times of repressionDustin Parkes: It seems that the most effective form of this art isn&#8217;t something that tackles the subject explicitly, but rather indirectly through allegoryBook NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 13:34:08 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13329316http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/calgary+expo+stays+true+comic+centric+roots/13329316/story.htmlCalgary Expo stays true to its comic-centric rootsMost people go to the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo for the celebrities, but its true start was a gathering place for the talent behind comic books. The Calgary Expo runs at Calgary Stampede Park between April 27 and April 30. It&#8217;s a chance for fans to meet the artists and creators of their favourite [&#8230;]Book NewsFri, 28 Apr 2017 01:00:50 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13326267http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/your+trepidation+might+merited+there+reason+believe/13326267/story.htmlYour trepidation might be merited, but there is reason to believe TV’s American Gods can be greatDaniel Kaszor: While the very structure of the book might lead prospective viewers to anticipate the worst, there is reason to give this adaptation a chanceBook NewsThu, 27 Apr 2017 20:21:27 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13326575http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/fans+flock+youtube+superstar+lilly+singh+book+tour/13326575/story.htmlFans flock to YouTube superstar Lilly Singh on book tourAuthor and Internet star Lilly Singh&#8217;s book tour for&#160;How to be a Bawse is like a military operation. No fan will be left behind. &#8220;I&#8217;m meeting everyone; I met 680 people at the venue yesterday (Tuesday),&#8221; said the Scarborough, Ont., native who now calls Los Angeles home. That sold-out venue was in Vancouver, the midway [&#8230;]Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 21:06:19 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13326457http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/book+review+ramadan+disarming+novel+reveals+many+forms/13326457/story.htmlBook review: Ramadan's disarming novel reveals many forms of oppressionA look at the new book by Ahmad Danny Ramadan.Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 20:00:27 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13326423http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/blue+metropolis+honours+anita+desai+with+literary/13326423/story.htmlBlue Metropolis honours Anita Desai with Literary Grand PrixThe Indian writer's decades-long creative streak has few equals in the last 50 years of world literature.Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 19:45:45 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13326368http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/important+lessons+death+from+overwork+common+japan/13326368/story.htmlThe important lessons: Death from overwork is so common in Japan, that there’s a term for it — ‘karoshi’According to a recent government survey, one fifth of the Japanese workforce faces risk of death from overworkBook NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 19:17:48 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13326287http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/romance+novelist+jennifer+snow+reboots+audreys+writers/13326287/story.htmlRomance novelist Jennifer Snow reboots Audreys writers residencyEdmonton loves a resurrection &#8212;&#160;McJesus, anyone? But in the local literary ecosystem, Audreys Books has resuscitated its writer-in-residency program, which in the last five years has been more off-again than on-again. This reboot happened largely due to the gumption of local contemporary romance novelist Jennifer Snow. &#160; By the end of the year, Snow, 36, [&#8230;]Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 18:21:37 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13315833http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/blue+metropolis+ojibwe+writer+david+treuer+uncommon/13315833/story.htmlBlue Metropolis: Ojibwe writer David Treuer on his uncommon upbringingThe recipient of the 2017 First Peoples Literary Prize grew up on a Minnesota reserve with an Ojibwe mother and Holocaust survivor father.Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 18:00:35 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13300914http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/gowdy+dazzling+novel+hard+creation/13300914/story.htmlGowdy's dazzling new novel was a hard-won creationWhy has Little Sister taken taken so long to appear. The answer lies with something that started as long as 15 years ago but intensified to crisis proportions just as she was starting to work on the new novel: debilitating chronic lower-back pain.Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 17:59:04 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13315829http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/blue+metropolis+highlights+worth+bookmarking/13315829/story.htmlTen Blue Metropolis highlights worth bookmarkingBarbara Gowdy, Carmine Starnino and Anita Desai are just a few of the standouts in the Montreal literary festival's 2017 lineup.Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 17:58:38 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13160091http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/blue+2017+grand+prix+winner+anita+desai+heads+strong/13160091/story.htmlBlue Met 2017: Grand Prix winner Anita Desai heads strong lineupFrancisco Goldman, Barbara Gowdy, Imbolo Mbue, Xue Yiwei and David Treuer among the marquee names at this year's literary festival to be held April 24 to 30 in Montreal.Book NewsWed, 26 Apr 2017 17:58:05 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13324145http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/abbott+poetry+helps+transcend+language+customs/13324145/story.htmlMark Abbott on poetry: how it helps us transcend language customs and embolden creativitySamuel Johnson said the &#8220;essence of poetry is invention,&#8221; and this invention&#8217;s effect gives us &#8220;unexpected surprises and delights.&#8221; He was right. Unfortunately, poetry&#8217;s value and relevance has often come into question, but this is not as new as one would think. Two hundred&#160;years ago Thomas Love Peacock wrote a dismissal of the craft in [&#8230;]Book NewsTue, 25 Apr 2017 22:39:55 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13321504http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/important+lessons+sundays+mondays/13321504/story.htmlThe important lessons: Sundays are the new MondaysBefore the weekend was actually established by the mid-19th century in England, many employees wouldn't even show up to work on MondaysBook NewsTue, 25 Apr 2017 20:07:01 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13323840http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/important+lessons+unhealthy+habit+overworking+known/13323840/story.htmlThe important lessons: The unhealthy habit of overworking is known as ‘the American disease’The United States ranks high in average annual working hours at 1,790; 200 more than France, the Netherlands and DenmarkBook NewsTue, 25 Apr 2017 17:53:42 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13321642http://www.leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/life+author+yann+martel+calls+saskatoon+home/13321642/story.htmlLife of Pi author Yann Martel calls Saskatoon homeNot long after collecting one of English literature&#8217;s most prestigious prizes, Yann Martel accepted a position as the Saskatoon Public Library&#8217;s writer-in-residence and moved to the city from Montreal. It was, the Spanish-born author who won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for his fantastical novel Life of Pi admitted in an interview with the Saskatoon [&#8230;]Book NewsTue, 25 Apr 2017 12:00:41 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13321400http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/elizabeth+kostova+brings+back+eastern+europe+shadow/13321400/story.htmlElizabeth Kostova brings us back to Eastern Europe in The Shadow LandSo begins a narrative that lies somewhere between a tourist guide and an account of a point-to-point rally across Bulgaria and a shaggy-dog storyBook NewsMon, 24 Apr 2017 19:01:32 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13321356http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/kidnapping+patty+hearst+defined+decline+counterculture/13321356/story.htmlHow the kidnapping of Patty Hearst defined the decline of the counterculture in the 1970s'It's just a wild, unpredictable, crazy saga with a mystery at the heart, and that's good enough for me'Book NewsMon, 24 Apr 2017 18:27:40 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13321318http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/98if+love+something+natural+road+stacey+fowles+made/13321318/story.html‘If you love something, it’s a natural road’: How Stacey May Fowles made her love of baseball her life story'I think the thing that's resonating with people is that we don't talk a great deal about the things we love, and why we love them, especially if that love is totally inexplicable'Book NewsMon, 24 Apr 2017 17:53:45 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13321289http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/borne+great+jeff+vandermeer+novel+much+more+than/13321289/story.htmlBorne to be great: Jeff VanderMeer’s new novel is much more than a familiar dystopian taleRobert J. Wiersema: Borne, the new novel from Florida writer Jeff VanderMeer, is a dizzying thrill-ride of a book, reader-friendly and immersiveBook NewsMon, 24 Apr 2017 17:20:44 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13321275http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/more+than+98mere+blood+true+crime+master+most/13321275/story.htmlMore than ‘mere blood’: True crime master David Grann on the most important story he has ever toldRichard Warnica: Why are we telling these stories? What justifies the entertainment we find in the real life horrors of others?Book NewsMon, 24 Apr 2017 17:16:20 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13319983http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/saskatchewan+easy+draw+hard+spell+colour/13319983/story.htmlSaskatchewan: Easy to draw, hard to spell, fun to colourWith images of notable Saskatchewanians, historic scenes, an array of flora and fauna, and beautiful vistas, Regina illustrator&#160;Jason Sylvestre offers&#160;colouring enthusiasts a chance to fill in the blanks as they see fit in his latest book. Catching the craze in adult colouring books, Sylvestre has created Colour Saskatchewan, featuring a half-coloured iconic Pool grain elevator [&#8230;]Book NewsMon, 24 Apr 2017 16:16:06 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13317856http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/bestselling+books+saskatoon+last+week/13317856/story.htmlTop 10 bestselling books in Saskatoon last weekTop 10 bestselling books this week at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Saskatoon: 1. Me (and) Me, Alice Kuipers. Canadian Teen Fiction. * 2. Dust-Ship Glory, Elaine M. Will. Canadian Graphic Novel. * 3. Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur. Canadian Poetry. 4. Fifteen Dogs, Andr&#233; Alexis. Canadian Fiction. 5. Unleashed, Dav Pilkey. Graphic Novel. 6. Gluten [&#8230;]Book NewsSat, 22 Apr 2017 12:00:28 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13317780http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/mara+wilson+explains+where+memoir/13317780/story.htmlMara Wilson explains where she is now in new memoirMara Wilson figures there is at least one librarian in every fan-convention audience she has addressed. It&#8217;s because of Matilda, the book-loving little genius Wilson played in the 1996 film of the same name. Future librarians were drawn to the character, whether it be in the film or the original book by Roald Dahl. So, [&#8230;]Book NewsSat, 22 Apr 2017 10:00:35 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13316032http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/mile+diet+author+alisa+smith+tackles+fiction/13316032/story.html100 Mile Diet author Alisa Smith tackles fictionAlisa Smith makes her fiction debut by delving into spy craft operations centred in Second World War VictoriaBook NewsFri, 21 Apr 2017 19:32:53 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13313389http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/barbara+gowdy+little+sister+casts+weird+spell/13313389/story.htmlBarbara Gowdy’s Little Sister casts a weird spell on its protagonist – and its readersPhilip Marchand: It would take only a few minor adjustments, in tone and narrative, for Barbara Gowdy's Little Sister to qualify as a horror novelBook NewsFri, 21 Apr 2017 18:56:04 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13315926http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/david+suzuki+book+climate+change+ultimately+hopeful/13315926/story.htmlDavid Suzuki book on climate change is ultimately hopefulJust Cool It: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do By David Suzuki and Ian Hanington&#160; Greystone Books/David Suzuki Institute Two passages in the introduction to this book encapsulate the situation that confronts us as the effects of global warming become more serious every day. The first describes a scene right out of a [&#8230;]Book NewsFri, 21 Apr 2017 18:19:11 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13315899http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/best+books+week+april/13315899/story.htmlB.C.: 15 best books of the week, April 22Embers: One Ojibway&#8217;s Meditations &#8212; Richard Wagamese (Douglas & McIntyre)&#160; The Hidden Life of Trees &#8212; Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books) Hello Humpback! &#8212; Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing)&#160; The Queen of the North Disaster:&#160;The Captain&#8217;s Story &#8212;&#160;Colin Henthorne &#160;(Harbour Publishing)&#160; British Columbia Lullaby &#8212; P.L. McCarron & [&#8230;]Book NewsFri, 21 Apr 2017 18:06:07 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13315835http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/american+repatriates+kind+dystopia+that+united+states/13315835/story.htmlAmerican War repatriates a kind of dystopia that the United States has already helped to createZane Schwartz: It's a poignant and artfully crafted dystopia: more Cormac McCarthy than Suzanne CollinsBook NewsFri, 21 Apr 2017 17:59:02 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13315841http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/music/spoken+word+festival+sheri+wilson+explores+music+words/13315841/story.htmlSpoken Word Festival: Sheri-D Wilson explores the music of words with new CD, book of poetrySheri-D Wilson calls it &#8220;cosmic.&#8221; The poet and spoken-word artist had been toying with the idea of making music an integral part of her next album, producing tracks where the soundtrack&#160;was given equal weight to the words.&#160; So she recorded four songs with guitarist and songwriter Barry Reynolds, best known for his collaborations with Marianne [&#8230;]Book NewsFri, 21 Apr 2017 17:53:56 Ztag:www.leaderpost.com:content=13315556http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/books/bill+99reilly+once+wrote+book+about+fired+newsman/13315556/story.htmlBill O’Reilly once wrote a book about a fired TV newsman who seeks revenge by murdering his colleaguesAccording to the New Yorker, O'Reilly's book reads like a 'revenge fantasy' that displays 'extraordinarily violent impulses,' and paints each murder 'in loving detail'Book NewsFri, 21 Apr 2017 15:21:06 Z
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