Here’s me talking to Shelagh Rogers about my position as Poet Laureate of St. John’s. The interview was recorded in late summer at the Writers at Woody Point festival in Western Newfoundland. Shelagh’s long been a supporter of my work, and I respect her immensely. Listen at this link (I am the last five minutes or so of the show.)
I sat as a juror for the Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize this year, reading 127 books from 52 publishers over about 8 months. It wasn’t easy, but it was fascinating. The shortlist is here and copied below. I really wish there could have been a longlist, because there are easily three or four more books that could have made this list. But you can’t choose them all. My fellow jurors, Neil Bissoondath and Helen Humphreys were absolutely brilliant readers and we were very much all on the “same page” throughout the process. Congratulations to the shortlisted writers. The winner will be announced November 4.
André Alexis (Toronto)
Pastoral
Published by Coach House Books
Steven Galloway (New Westminster, BC)
The Confabulist
Published by Knopf Canada
K.D. Miller (Toronto)
All Saints
Published by Biblioasis
Carrie Snyder (Waterloo, ON)
Girl Runner
Published by House of Anansi
Miriam Toews (Toronto)
All My Puny Sorrows
Published by Knopf Canada
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