Curating the Future
After a successful, stirring reading by Madeleine Thien last Friday, we are now looking forward to the irreverent humor and "naked seething ambition" of Irish writer Kevin Barry. Get to know Kevin Barry a bit better by reading his responses to Irish America's "What are you like?"KEVIN BARRYWHEN: March 8, 2013, 7 p.m. COST: Free to the … Continue reading Getting to Know Kevin Barry
“The beauty of Madeleine Thien's prose doesn’t reside only in its clarity and elegance. She’s a surveyor of damaged lives. Thien, a deeply empathetic writer, enfolds her wounded creations in morally precise language, offering the consolation of, in effect, storytelling.” — Globe and MailMADELEINE THIENWHEN: February 1, 2013, 7 p.m. COST: Free to the publicWHERE: … Continue reading Madeleine Thien – Today at 7PM!
Just one more day until Madeleine Thien's public reading at Concordia. In the meantime, root around the intricate and imaginative website for "Dogs at the Perimeter" -- a journey in itself.
In anticipation of her public reading this Friday at Concordia, Madeleine Thien talks to CultMTL about how her recent novel grew out of her travels in Southeast Asia and how she was (hopefully) able to approach the "repugnant" topic of genocide in a truthful and ultimately affirming way. MADELEINE THIENWHEN: February 1, 2013, 7 p.m. COST: Free … Continue reading CultMTL Interviews Madeleine Thien
"Each morning, I carry my pot of coffee on a silver tray up three flights of stairs. I re-arrange the wicker furniture to my liking, then I pour small puddles of water around the legs of my chair and table to prevent the battalions of ants from attacking. Morning rises over the river, legions of … Continue reading A Space for Writing – Madeleine Thien’s Writing Room
"...if you’re alone when the season starts, it’s brutal. [laughs] You can’t even keep warm!" - Madeleine Thien, on Montreal's frozen winters
"I begin with fragments. I feel like I'm writing my way into the middle of a room, or the middle of the city, or the middle of a spiralling thought."Read Madeleine Thien's answers to a quick round of 20 questions at Rob McLennan's Blog, and then come see her read this Friday, February 1st!
"I pictured how dark and naked our bodies must be, how small the two of us were. Right then I wanted to tell Paula that there are some things you have to go through on your own. Some relationships withstand life, some are there for a moment, a stepping stone, and then you push away … Continue reading Madeleine Thien’s “Alchemy”
http://youtu.be/b6a2JyZaW_w Learn more about Madeleine Thien and her novel "Dogs at the Perimeter" in her video interview with TVO Parents - then come see her give a talk and public reading on February 1st. MADELEINE THIEN WHEN: February 1, 2013, 7 p.m. COST: Free to the public WHERE: J.A. de Sève Cinema (1400 De Maisonneuve … Continue reading Madeleine Thien on the Immigrant Experience
"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”
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