Turnstone Press imprint Ravenstone, known until now for its mysteries and thrillers, expands to include speculative fiction in 2012. This fall Ravenstone will feature two new novels of speculative fiction from beloved mystery-maven Karen Dudley, and McNally Robinson's own Chadwick Ginther!
Ginther's urban fantasy titled Thunder Road (2012) and Tombstone Blues (2013) launches a fantasy series set in Winnipeg. Driven by one of the grittiest soundtracks known to rock 'n roll, Ginther creates a world where the ancient gods of Norse mythology emerge from legend to wreak havoc among humans. After a deific attack, main character Ted Callan discovers he has been left with the powers of the gods. Once an ordinary Albertan - Ted must now learn to live with powers only ever dramatized in Wagnerian Operas.
Chadwick Ginther's story First Light appeared in the Summer 2011 issue of On Spec, the premier Canadian magazine of speculative fiction, and his reviews have appeared in Quill and Quire, Prairie Books NOW and The Winnipeg Review. A bookseller for over 10 years, Chadwick lives and writes in Winnipeg.
Karen Dudley's forthcoming Food for the Gods (2012) and Kraken Bake (2014) venture into ancient Greek territory by re-imagining the mythical figure of Pelops. Once a prince of Lydia, Pelops was chopped into stewing meat and served to the gods for tea by his not-so-loving father. Remade by the gods and blessed at the same time with a gift for the culinary arts, Pelops flees his painful memories for the bright lamps of Athens where he hopes to make a new life for himself as a celebrity chef. But then a ruthless patron takes an unhealthy interest in his career, a famous courtesan is murdered at a dinner he prepares, and a couple of the less responsible gods offer to help him make a name for himself in Athens. And Pelops begins to realize that when the gods decide they owe you a favor, you'd better start saying your prayers.
Karen Dudley worked in field biology, paleo-environmental studies, and production art before turning to mystery and now speculative fiction writing. She has written four environmental mysteries featuring biologist Robyn Devara. Born in France, Karen now lives in Winnipeg.
Turnstone Press is one of Manitoba's most respected independent literary presses, publishing quality fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for over 35 years. In 1998 Turnstone Press launched Ravenstone, an imprint of literary genre titles.
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is recognized as a distinctive postmodern voice in contemporary British literature. He is best known as a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a "philosophy of everyday life." He's written on literature (How Proust Can Change your Life, 1997), travel (The Art of Travel, 2002), and architecture (The Architecture of Happiness, 2006). Critics view application of philosophy and literary classics to circumstances within contemporary life as an attempt to make complex ideas more accessible, popular and relevant to his readers.
In his new book, Religion for Atheists, asks the question: What if religions are neither all true or all nonsense? He suggests that rather than mocking religions, agnostics and atheists should steal from them because they're packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. Blending deep respect with total impiety, (a non-believer himself), proposes that we should look to religions for insights on such things as building communities, making relationships last, and how to get more out of art, architecture, travel and music.
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Jan Berenstain, co-author of the Berenstain Bears books, passed away a week ago Friday at the age of 88.
Jan and her husband Stan created hundreds of books together before Stan's death at the age of 82 in 2005. Family said that Jan was working on illustrating two projects the day before she passed away from a stroke.
Many children grew up reading the Berenstain Bears and have passed them on to their children and beyond. Jan, you will be missed.
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The Israeli writer Amos Oz remarked on Charlie Rose's PBS interview show recently that he walks in the desert among the ancient stones near his home every morning to "put things in perspective". To me Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" is one of those lasting touchstones. With it I judge the quality of my own work and that of other writers. Editor Jason Shinder's twenty-six essay collection The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fifty Years Later (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is a book that I have kept on my night-table for a long time because it is fascinating to read how others value Ginsberg's 1956 poem, or not (the book is not all panegyric).
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February 7, 2012 marks the bicentenary of the birth of . work transcends his time, language and culture. Book sales two centuries after his birth continue to make him the envy of contemporary bestselling authors, and his work remains an influence throughout the world, inspiring film, TV, art and other works of literature.
When he died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial in Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of England's kings and heroes. Thousands flocked to mourn the best recognized and most-loved man of nineteenth-century England.
His personal life, however, was in perpetual chaos. Last fall's Charles Dickens: A Life by gives full measure to virtues as a writer but does not shy away from his temperamental treatment of his friends and family, paying special attention to his lifelong affair with the young actress Ellen Ternan.
Part of what made so revered was his ability to attract thousands of fans to his readings both in England and across North America. Not only did he give voice to his vast cast of characters, he was also a brilliant mimic and raconteur. explores this side of the public in Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World. In this short and lively study, reveals an original genius who was driven as much by performance and showmanship as by literary endeavour.
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