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December 3, 2014
Bookmas! with Hugh A.D. Spencer
Bookmas: keeping independent booksellers in the black. Today’s not-so-secret BookSanta: Hugh A.D. Spencer! Twice nominated for Canada’s Aurora Award, Hugh A.D. Spencer’s science fiction has been published in On Spec, Tesseracts, Interzone, Descant, and New Writings in the Fantastic. Many of his stories have been dramatized by Shoestring Radio Theatre for... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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December 1, 2014
The Subconscious Interview of Ian Weir
The Subconscious Interview: wherein authors face their demons. Particularly, the demons who ask questions, Internet-interviewer-style! Today, Ian Weir (Will Starling, Daniel O’Thunder) discusses his love of London, posits boxing conundrums, and realizes what the term ‘hopeless’ really means. Read the Conscious Interview of Ian Weir here. *** When did you fall... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 28, 2014
Bookmas! with A.G. Pasquella
Bookmas: when a picture is worth a thousand dirty words, because you wanted a book, dammit! Today’s not-so-secret BookSanta: A.G. Pasquella! A.G. Pasquella’s work has appeared in various spots including McSweeney’s, Little Brother, Hardboiled, Dragnet, Joyland, Monstrosity, Wholphin, The Believer and Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing. He’s published three... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 27, 2014
The Conscious Interview of Ian Weir
Of Ian Weir, I will only say this: if you haven’t yet read Will Starling, I envy you the thrill of reading it for the first time. It’s a book I wish I could wipe my memory of, so I could discover it again and again. Ian Weir is a playwright, screenwriter... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 26, 2014
Bookmas! with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Bookmas: When even a bag full of money is an unacceptable gift. Today’s not-so-secret BookSanta: Silvia Moreno-Garcia! Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s debut novel, Signal to Noise, about music, sorcery and Mexico City, will be released in February. Her short story collection This Strange Way of Dying was a finalist for the Sunburst Award for... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 25, 2014
The Subconcious Interview of Eric McCormack
The Subconscious Interview: where authors confront the darkest corners of their psyche through random questions of their own devising. Today, Canadian author Eric McCormack (Cloud, The Dutch Wife) faces down his ever-shrieking demons and poses himself one solitary question of absolute importance. *** Isn’t a life dedicated to the writing of... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 24, 2014
Bookmas! with David Nickle
Bookmas: if you don’t want to celebrate it with me, you’re not welcome here. Seriously. Go watch that bearded Loon Lineage marathon on A&E instead, and wait for your brain cells to commit suicide by way of protest. Today’s not-so-secret BookSanta: David Nickle! David Nickle is one of the best authors... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 21, 2014
Bookmas! with Helen Marshall
Bookmas: when the Shelf Monkeys gather ’round the fireplace and warble Good King Bookcelaus while they roast marshmallows and burn every copy of The Da Vinci Code they can find. Because cheap literature burns best. Today’s not-so-secret BookSanta: Helen Marshall! Helen Marshall is an award-winning Canadian author, editor, and doctor of medieval studies. Her poetry and fiction... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 20, 2014
The Conscious Interview of Eric McCormack
Eric McCormack is known for his blend of the absurd and the existential, of crime and the gothic. His 1997 novel, First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Inspecting the Vaults (1987) was short-listed for the Commonwealth... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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November 19, 2014
Bookmas! with Missy Marston
Bookmas: When every present better be rectangular in shape. And the heavier the better! Today’s not-so-secret BookSanta: Missy Marston! Missy Marston’s writing has appeared in various publications, including Grain and Arc Poetry Magazine. She was the winner of the Lillian I. Found Award for her poem, “Jesus Christ came from... WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? →
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