"It is almost seven o’clock. The sun is up, and it pours a warm, golden light across the houses. Last night, he couldn’t sleep, and this morning his body feels hollow, a loose string that folds naturally over itself. On the table in front of him, a sheaf of papers: Gail’s radiology report, her EKG … Continue reading Excerpt from Award-Winning “Certainty”
Madeleine Thien’s Trial By Fire
"I wondered how a person earned both forgiveness and a paycheque in these complicated times...When my sister moved on to high school, I continued at Strathcona Elementary, walking in loops through Chinatown and the DTES, past the crumpled men and wizened women living in the streets and alleyways. It was as if they, and we, … Continue reading Madeleine Thien’s Trial By Fire
What’s better than a “Best of”?
Looking for a great book, but can't trust your friends to decide? Get some advice from writers themselves! Lemonhound has a 2012 "best of" of sorts to fit the bill, including recommendations from upcoming Writers Read guest, Madeleine Thien, and 2012 guests Rae Armantrout and Charles Bernstein.
Happy Winter 2013 Season!
Happy New Year! And Happy Winter 2013 Season of Writers Read. This season is going to be a great one, with prize-winning authors from Montreal, Ireland, and the U.S. We hope to see you this year for all these great events: February 1, 2013, 7 p.m. - Madeleine Thien Montreal-based author and winner of the … Continue reading Happy Winter 2013 Season!
“Summer of Hate” named a Best Book of 2012
Cult MTL lists Chris Kraus' "Summer of Hate" as one of the Best Books of 2012.(Chris Kraus was a guest of Writers Read in October 2012)
Thien on Erasure
If a person erases him or herself in order to survive, how can they find that self again?Upcoming Writers Read author, Madeleine Thien, discusses the history of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia - the setting of her novel, Dogs at the Perimeter - in The Guardian.MADELEINE THIENWHEN: Friday, February 1, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.COST: Free (open to … Continue reading Thien on Erasure
C.D. Wright’s Moral Engagement
http://youtu.be/jjZ52yBfFBo March 2010's Writers Read guest, C.D. Wright, winner of the 2009 International Griffin Poetry Prize, gives a reading of the poem "Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof."
Roddy Doyle has some Fighting Words
Writers Read's guest from October 2011, Roddy Doyle, encourages deprived children to write with his workshop, Fighting Words. It is a Monday morning in the heart of Dublin. In a light, airy room situated in the shadow of the city's looming Croke Park stadium, two dozen schoolgirls in matching navy blue jumpers sit attentively on … Continue reading Roddy Doyle has some Fighting Words
Lydia Davis reveals “Negative Emotions”
Lydia Davis, a guest of Writers Read in November 2011, recently published a short fiction piece in The Coffin Factory magazine.
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 