
by McNally Robinson - Thursday Oct 02 2008 2:28 pm permalink Post a comment
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Winnipeg author made a recent appearance on , a web feature and podcast program hosted by the National Public Radio. Davidson can be heard reading from The Gargoyle, discussing his literary influences, and explaining how he researched the book.
by McNally Robinson - Wednesday Oct 01 2008 2:27 pm permalink Post a comment
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is one of the most insightful writers on contemporary popular culture. He lives it, he understands it, and he explores it with intelligence and wit in such bestselling books as Fargo Rock City (2001), Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (2003), and Killing Yourself to Live (2005). He is a columnist for Esquire and has written for GQ, Spin, The New York Times Magazine, and The Believer.
by Chadwick Ginther - Wednesday Sep 17 2008 9:38 am permalink Post a comment
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, whose Fletch series of mystery novels sold millions of copies, died at the age of 71, after being diagnosed with cancer. McDonald, also a journalist for the Boston Globe, was twice a winner of the Edgar Award and the author of 26 books.
by Ryan McBride - Wednesday Sep 17 2008 3:05 pm permalink Post a comment
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On Thursday, October 16 at 7:30, will appear at the Winnipeg Art Gallery to read from A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada. Talk and signing to follow.
Tickets are $10 ($6 for students) and are available at both Winnipeg stores. Doors open at 7:00 pm. Seating is limited.
by McNally Robinson - Thursday Aug 28 2008 1:18 pm permalink Post a comment
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's award-winning fiction include Sitting Opposite My Brother, A Year of Lesser, See the Child, and The Case of Lena S. His 2005 novel The Time in Between took him to a whole new level and earned him an international readership.
His latest novel, The Retreat, opens in 1973 outside Kenora when a policeman leaves an eighteen-year-old Ojibway boy for dead on a remote island. The haunting, finely nuanced tale that follows reveals the clash of two cultures. It is the story of two brothers separated in childhood, a complicated love between a white girl and a native boy, and a family on the verge of splintering forever. Bergen will be at our on to launch The Retreat.
Bergen recently took the time to answer some questions for our website. The interview was conducted by McNally Robinson staff member .
by Wendy Warkentin - Monday Aug 18 2008 12:18 pm permalink Post a comment
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In September , the Canadian author of over 50 novels for children and young adults, will be in Winnipeg to receive the 2008 MYRCA - Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award for his powerful novel, We All Fall Down.
by Tory McNally - Friday Aug 29 2008 9:08 pm permalink Post a comment
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Miriam answers my questions about life, writing, and transplants.
by McNally Robinson - Monday Aug 25 2008 1:18 pm permalink Post a comment
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In the first of a series of online readings, McNally Robinson presents reading from The Gargoyle. Andrew launched The Gargoyle at our Polo Park location August 18, 2008. He was introduced by his editor at Random House Canada, Anne Collins.
by Cameron Popham - Saturday Aug 09 2008 11:59 am permalink Post a comment
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On Sunday, August 3rd, , Russian novelist and the definitive chronicler of the horrors of Gulag, passed away.
by Ryan McBride - Tuesday Aug 05 2008 1:23 pm permalink Post a comment
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With total advances (not including film rights) approaching the two million-dollar mark, has rocked the publishing world with his debut novel The Gargoyle.
Growing up in Pinawa, home of Atomic Energy of Canada's former Whiteshell Laboratories, he traveled the world before moving back to Winnipeg in 2008 to finish what Sara Gruen (author of Water for Elephants) describes as "a hypnotic, horrifying, astonishing novel."
Andrew kindly took the time to answer some questions for our website readers. The full interview follows.
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