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Subscribe via RSS 2.0by Chadwick Ginther - Monday Oct 06 2008 2:45 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, Staff Pick, Mystery & Crime
writes like no one else on the planet. While his novels often have a blend of crime and the supernatural, in his most recent work, Leather Maiden, otherworldly horror has been nudged aside by gritty suspense and the macabre.
by McNally Robinson - Monday Oct 06 2008 2:23 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards
The recognizes Canadian writers of exceptional talent for the year's best novel or short-story collection.
The is given for a work that demonstrates highest literary merit.
Both awards will be handed out on November 17, 2008.
This year's finalists are....
by Chadwick Ginther - Monday Oct 06 2008 9:59 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy
Canadian science fiction author has sold his novel Flashforward to ABC for development into a television series. The pilot script was written by and . Sawyer, who served as a consultant on the pilot (a role he will continue with the ongoing series) also plans to write a first season episode.
by Wendy Warkentin - Thursday Oct 02 2008 5:43 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, buzz, Winnipeg, Graphic Novels
Join McNally Robinson Booksellers for the 2008 Manitoba Comic Convention at the Winnipeg Convention Centre October 11 & 12, 2008. We'll have tons of young adult fantasy books and graphic novels at the convention, but here are a few favourites on our shelves right now.
by McNally Robinson - Thursday Oct 02 2008 2:30 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, Authors
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 Chadwick Ginther - Thursday Oct 02 2008 12:47 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, Graphic Novels
The Harvey Awards, one of the comic industry's most venerable prizes, were awarded over the weekend of September 27th-28th at the Baltimore Comic Convention.
by McNally Robinson - Wednesday Oct 01 2008 2:33 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Authors
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 - Monday Sep 29 2008 10:42 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, SciFi & Fantasy
Bod (Nobody) Owens was raised in a graveyard--a curious place to spend the formative years of one's life. Unless, that is, you're given life in a novel.
by Cameron Popham - Friday Sep 26 2008 3:07 pm permalink Post a comment
Speaking tomorrow at the Polo Park location is Toronto poet , along with , on whether or not poetic language is a way of thinking. Lawson's latest book, A Voweller's Bestiary, is a fantastic collection of children's verse sans anapestic gallop or gratuitous limericking. Rather, his chosen form is the lipogram.
by Chadwick Ginther - Friday Sep 26 2008 3:07 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
novel The New Moon's Arms has won the author her second Sunburst Award. She previously won for Skin Folk. 2008 also saw an award presented for the first time for Young Adult literature. This year's winner in that category was Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by .
The Sunburst Awards are a juried prize celebrating excellence in Canadian speculative fiction.
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