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September 20, 2016The Joys of Being on Book Tour
Hi Open Book Readers,I really love touring. I love doing readings, and I try to do as many as I can. So far, for For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I’ve Known, I’ve read at Resonance Reading ...
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November 14, 2017
Onwards, to poetic noir
This evening we move from noir horror to poetic noir and we are chatting with tremendously talented Catherine Graham. Catherine is Winner of IFOA’s Poetry NOW, the author of six poetry collections ...
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June 18, 2019All Booked Up - Pivot Reading Series
The roots of Pivot Readings stretch back to 1998, when poet Paul Vermeersch started a fiction and poetry reading series in Toronto’s adorably dilapidated I.V. Lounge. When that venue closed in 2008, ...
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November 12, 2017
A perfect day for noir horror!
It's the perfect day for a dash of horror! Noir horror, at that! we’re chatting with Nick Cutter, author of The Acolyte, The Deep, The Troop and most recently, Little Heaven. Nick, thank you for ...
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November 02, 2017
First up – domestic noir!
While domestic noir is a category that’s fairly new to the noir family, it’s a trending topic and the books are selling like hot cakes.Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Girl on the Train and Into the ...
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September 27, 2016Most Anticipated Books of 2017, Part 1
Some of my favourite writers have new books coming out next year, and I’m so incredibly excited to read them. I had a chance this week to interview Rebecca Rosenblum, about her new novel, So Much Love, ...
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September 28, 2016Interview With Lisa de Nikolits
Lisa de Nikolits is the award winning author of six novels, including The Hungry Mirror, West of Wawa, and most recently, Between the Cracks She Fell.She has a new novel, called The Nearly Girl, that ...
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November 17, 2017
The noir playing fields of YA
Today we'll leave the scotch-soaked detectives of noir at the bar and move on to the dark playing fields of YA! We have the great pleasure of chatting to the über-talented Evan Munday, author of The ...
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November 16, 2017
Noir at the Bar!
We're moving from poetic noir to an evening of Noir at the Bar! Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Glasgow, St Louis, New Hope, Albany, New Jersey, Portland, Baltimore, Vancouver – and Toronto! And ...
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November 07, 2017
Catholic noir. Yes, it really is a thing!
I went to a convent for most of my school life. McAuley House, run by The Sisters of Mercy. McAuley House was memorable primarily because I was kicked out of confession unabsolved, for not confessing ...
