Comments on: Atlantic Canada Reads Competition

By: Salty Ink

Salty Ink — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:19:30 +0000

Hi Vicky. 10, hey? wow. And congrats on your recognition. I don’t do anything outside of adult literary fiction and poetry at the moment: it’d simply be too much work to start covering non-fiction, YA, etc. I can’t keep up as is.

By: Vicki Grant

Vicki Grant — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:01:13 +0000

Hi, Chad -

Just wondering: Do you ever feature Young Adult authors on your site? I write teen novels – 10 so far – and seem to do better in the rest of Canada that here in my place of birth, youth and advancing old age. My web site above has all my info. Would love to hear from you. All the best, Vicki (No relation to Jessica, although, for what it’s worth, we were both shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Best Young Adult Fiction award.)

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Wishlist, Fall 2010 « Inklings — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:13:00 +0000

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By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:44:48 +0000

Thanks for the defence of my defence, Chad. It could be pointed out that 2 other books here (Annabel and February) are being defended by people who work for Anansi (and Anansi published those 2 books). By defending Darryl’s book, I don’t stand to make any money. They do.

Canada’s lit. world is small (and Atlantic Canada’s is even smaller). Invariably, someone reviews a friend’s book, someone else mentions a friend in a critical essay, someone else is the judge for a friend who wins an award. If we kept tabs on all the backscratching in this country, well, there would be some well-scratched backs.

By: marilee pittman

marilee pittman — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:44:35 +0000

I am presently reading Annabel and can truthfully say it is the best book ever!

By: Salty Ink

Salty Ink — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:01:08 +0000

All six books are great, but yes, look at that.

Media in Newfoundland certainly covered the competition more than the other Atlantic provinces, if people are voting patriotically. Though, to my surprise, half of these votes are coming from palces like Toronto, Montreal, etc.

By: NBer

NBer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:32:23 +0000

Most interesting that the top three vote getters are all from NL.

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Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:38:12 +0000

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By: Johnathan White

Johnathan White — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:30:39 +0000

Thanks for wasting my thirty minutes morning break, but great write-ups and defenses for these books. Shocked that George & Rue isn’t winning this thing, and impressed by al lthe buzz around Annabel, they got my votes.

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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:39:49 +0000

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Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:53:06 +0000

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By: Atlantic Author Day | East Coast By Choice

Atlantic Author Day | East Coast By Choice — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:34:55 +0000

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Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:51:22 +0000

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By: Salty Ink

Salty Ink — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:45:50 +0000

Bobby.

If your name really is Bobby O’Malley, please Google “Wayne Johnson’s first novel.” and check out the result. A great novel, by the way, if you haven’t read it.

By: Salty Ink

Salty Ink — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:31:02 +0000

Daniel,
Harvey is in every way an epic writer. If someone twisted my arm for a favourite of his: it’d be Inside, I think. Stylistically innovative, and a showcasing of all my favourite Kenneth J. Harvey traits. And, it’s one of those ten books that really influenced my own writing. Perhaps transparently so.

Thanks for participating in the competition.

By: Daniel Louth

Daniel Louth — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:30:53 +0000

Sure, I hope to read all the books celebrated here, but for now I’m reading Blackstrap … and loving it. Loved a few other Harvey books as well.

Best of luck to everyone!

By: Salty Ink

Salty Ink — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:43:19 +0000

Ron, Yes, Nicole is in a relationship with Darryl. She confessed this, and asked if that was an issue, when I told her that her defending The Push & the Pull would be a final selection. This competition is a rare case where bias is a good thing: I wanted people genuinely passionate about the books they stepped up to defend.Make sense? I hope so. Salty Ink was encouraging biased opinions and impassioned defenses Their relationship in no way affected The Push and the Pull’s likelihood of being a final selection. It may have added some fervour to her enjoyably feisty defense, though, and that I like. But yes, your query was worth addressing, of course. I hope you agree with what I’ve said here.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:44:57 +0000

Isn’t Nicole Dixon in a relationship with Darryl Whetter? It doesn’t really matter, I suppose, but it does seem a bit disingenuous not to mention this fact, in the interest of full disclosure.

Anyway, I enjoyed Nicole’s defense.

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Republic of Nothing nominated for best book award « Lesley Choyce — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:20:59 +0000

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By: Duncan Johnson

Duncan Johnson — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:15:07 +0000

Well, however it pans out, I’ll be readin’ George & Rue and Annabel by summer’s end.
Cheers,
-Duncan.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:32:49 +0000

I just wanted to say kudos to Nicole Dixon! Looking forward to her first book! I thought Perry Moore and Matt Stranach also wrote some solid defenses. (And yet Lisa and Kenneth got my votes. Powerful, powerful novels!)

By: Salty Ink

Salty Ink — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:09:19 +0000

DownerBoy: I agree 100%. But it’s not about who wins. I’m just trying to get people talking about 6 books. I know I learned about two new books I’m excited about.

By: DownerBoy

DownerBoy — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:05:48 +0000

Look. I love Salty Ink and what you’re doing here. But these vote-based competitions are bogus: they only show who has the most friends and family to support them, or who has the best publicists out rounding up votes, or whose book has been read the most.

Had to be said. Sorry.

By: Voting is underway for Atlantic Canada Reads! « Sasquatch Radio

Voting is underway for Atlantic Canada Reads! « Sasquatch Radio — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:21:15 +0000

[...] time to pick your favourite Atlantic Canada Reads contender and place your vote! The defense essays are all up (including my defense of Lisa Moore’s brilliant-beyond-words February), so you can [...]

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Polls Open for the 2010 Atlantic Canada Reads Competition! Go Vote! | — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:28:46 +0000

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By: Dan.

Dan. — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:33:32 +0000

Yes. Lisa Moore is a damn good writer,
and yes, Republic is a classic for good reason,
and yes, George Elliot Clarke is a genius,
and yes, Nicole’s essay was catty and I am intrigued,
and yes, Annabel promises to be a great read …

But c’mon: Blackstrap Hawco! Epic!

By: Claudia O'toole

Claudia O'toole — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:30:52 +0000

Well. Annabel is gorgeous.
I’m S-O-L-D!