Betty Jane Hegerat: Although the Cook murder case seems to have lain dormant in my memory for about 45 years, once I began digging around in the historical information, I remembered the shock to my eleven-year-old self of hearing that it was the son/brother who had killed the family. All I knew of older brothers [...]
Betty Jane Hegerat, author of Delivery, will be reading in Calgary Where: Pages on Kensington bookstore When: Sept 2nd Time: 7:30 pm Betty Jane says: The Boy, my new book, is scheduled for spring 2011. The Boy grew out of a memory seed planted 50 years ago when a family was murdered in a small [...]
About your book: What do you think readers will find most notable about this book? I hope that readers will find the accessibility of these poems something that stands out for them. I want the reader to see the issue, topic, theme of the poem through their own eyes and follow their own sight lines [...]
About Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way from Ireland to Canada Book Club Buddy: What do you think readers will find most notable about Leaving Dublin? Brian Brennan: For starters, the cover, designed by the very creative Chyla Cardinal of RMB | Rocky Mountain Books. It encapsulates in one striking image – that of a [...]
About Reptiles on Caffeine Book Club Buddy: What do you think readers will find most notable about this book? I think they will be validated. If they are anything like me, they will be relieved. Stress can manifest itself in all manner of responses, rudeness is very common. It can be hard to deal with [...]
These nine razor-sharp stories herald the return of one of Canada”s most accomplished writers to the short story form. Stylistically varied and linguistically confident, here are compulsively readable stories that plumb the complexities of the human heart. A dying Finn, a philandering photographer recovering from an emergency splenectomy, a young woman heavy with an hysterical [...]
Sitting Practice is the story of a marriage tested by an accident. Ross Alexander, a caterer for film and television, meets Iliana, a nurse, when he has day surgery on his nose. They date, marry, then, three-and-a-half weeks after the wedding, have a tragic car accident due entirely to Ross’ carelessness. Iliana ends up with [...]
The Sky is Falling, by Caroline Adderson. Thomas Allan. 310 pages. Describe the genesis of The Sky is Falling. When I turned forty a number of years ago – the prime age for a look back — I found myself reflecting on two contrasting periods of my life. One was my early twenties when I [...]
Thomas Allen Publishers is pleased to announce the publication of The Sky Is Falling by Caroline Adderson. First love, sexual confusion, and the dread of nuclear disaster, intertwined with the comical infighting of a cast of well-meaning political activists and the timelessness of the great Russian classics — Adderson’s searing, funny novel returns the reader [...]
About your book: Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny by Caroline Woodward (Oolichan Books: September, 2010) I hope they will find my contemporary retelling of The Odyssey, complete with a gritty ranching and long haul trucking couple facing overwhelming challenges, to be most memorable. It’s always a bit audacious to take on a Big [...]
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