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Goodbye, Cool World (Until September): A Note on Why I’m Fleeing for the Summer / Another Website for Now
Posted on April 27, 2012 | 2 CommentsSomething happened as 2012 rolled it: after a decade of writing fiction, I’ve finally figured out how to craft a proper novel. Something else happened, as 2012 rolled in: I... -
A Treasure Chest of Poetry for Poetry Month, from Brick Books
Posted on April 16, 2012 | No CommentsBrick Books is Canada’s preeminent publisher of poetry, and an exclusive publisher of poetry. Run by the admirable Stan Dragland, Don McKay, and Kitty Lewis, they’ve done a remarkable job... -
It’s National Poetry Month: Here’s Five Promising April Releases
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsWhiteout (ECW); By George Murray Whiteout Made Quill & Quire‘s poetry bestsellers’ list 2 weeks before it was even on the shelves, and yes, it’s that good. I got a... -
New on the Shelf: Ten Great Canadian Fiction Titles out this April
Posted on April 11, 2012 | 2 CommentsRed = Canadian author Blue = Atlantic Canadian No need to make a distinction, I know, but there is the matter of this blog’s focus. Kudos to publishers for all... -
Salty Ink Chats with Russell Wangersky about WHIRL AWAY, Favourites, how his Dayjob Helps Him Write, and More …
Posted on April 5, 2012 | 1 CommentRussell Wangersky is the multi-award-winning author of The Hour of Bad Decisions, Burning Down the House, The Glass Harmonica, and as of this month, Whirl Away. Read Salty Ink’s review... -
Meet Atlantic Canada’s Rising Stars: The John and Margaret Savage First Book Award Shortlist
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsEvery year The John and Margaret Savage First Book award is awarded to the very best of Atlantic Canada’s new voices. This year in particular I commend the jury’s good... -
Pop Quiz: So You Think You Know Atlantic Lit?
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Don McKay Wins the 2011 BMO Winterset Award
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No CommentsDon McKay wins the 2011 BMO Winterset Award! Stellar poet and essayist Don McKay is up one more award today, and it’s a big one, for his collection of essays,... -
Atlantic Book Award Shortlists Announced, for Nine Awards!
Posted on March 22, 2012 | 4 CommentsThis year’s shortlists for the Atlantic Book Awards are just out. I’ve noticed two things: 1.) There’s some great fiction here you should all check out 2.) The heavy hitter,... -
Links! A Free Story from Buffy Cram’s New Collection; An Agent’s Rant from the Author’s Corner; A Debate about Sex in Books
Posted on March 21, 2012 | No CommentsTo build a little pre-release hype around Buffy Cram’s “surreally funny, politically astute, and emotionally gripping” debut book of short stories, Radio Belly, Douglas & McIntyre are releasing one of... -
A Perfect Introduction to Kerri Cull’s Soak, from Kerri Herself:
Posted on March 14, 2012 | 2 CommentsKerri Cull is has been a bartender, bookseller, waitress, administrator, radio show host, columnist, instructor, and is the creator of The Book Fridge. This is her first book. it’s a... -
A Few Quick Things to Pass Your Time …
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsMarch is Women’s history month, so Flavorwire made a Top 10 List of Powerful Female Characters in Books They’ve done the same with a Top Ten List of the Best... -
McKay, Riche, Callanan make the Coveted 2012 Winterset Award Shortlist
Posted on March 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe Winterset Award celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing, and packs a $10,000 prize, with 2.5 grand each to the other finalists. There’s also the honour of being crowned... -
Must See TV: David Adams Richards’ 11/11 Speech on Why He Chose the Difficult Life of a Writer
Posted on March 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe 11 Minutes/11 Muscles Speech Series is organized by students in the MBA Professional Development program at UNB. “It takes 11 muscles to talk” and they give their talkers 11... -
New on the Shelf This Month, by Atlantic Canadians
Posted on March 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhirl Away: Short Fiction by Russell Wangersky I’m extremely excited for this one. Russell’s writing is crystalline and affecting. Quite often: flawless. And this multi-award-winner is at his best with... -
This Week in Awards’ Recognition: Congrats to Riel Nielson and Shandi Mitchell
Posted on March 2, 2012 | 1 CommentShandi Mitchell Wins The Kobzar Award Shandi Mitchell’s already multi-award-winning novel, Under this Unbroken Sky, got more multi-award winning with this week’s win of the bi-annual Kobzar literary award. It’s... -
Salty Links for Wednesday …
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 4 CommentsOne Magazine’s Take on “The Top 100 Opening Lines” Heather O’Neil’s Tips on “How to Date a Writer” Chad Pelley Takes The Proust Questionnaire A book shopping list of “The... -
Content will be Scant until March, Sorry.
Posted on February 24, 2012 | No CommentsNot only is February the fallow period month in books … but I’m swamped. I can barely find time to wash a dish to eat off, let alone conceive and... -
Fiddlehead’s Jarman and Beirne on What “Atlantic Canada’s International Literary Journal” is Up to, Looking for, Remembers Fondly, and More …
Posted on February 21, 2012 | 2 CommentsBorn in 1945, The Fiddlehead, based in UNB’s English Department, is Canada’s longest living literary journal, and honestly, one of the best curated in the country. The short stories, the... -
The Pirates Aren’t So Bad?: Two Big Names Defending Them; Two Locals offer Their Two Cents on it.
Posted on February 3, 2012 | 8 CommentsIn the above photograph, it’s clear that piracy advocate and international bestseller Paulo Coelho is not hurting for money and attention. He’s sold millions and millions of his many, many... -
Salty Links: All About Bookstores — The World’s Best Bookstores, 25 Tips on Opening One, and Why Barnes & Noble Won’t Stock Amazon-published Titles.
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 1 CommentHere is a list ofthe most stunning bookstores in the world, with the photos to back it. Here are 25 tips on opening a bookstore. And here’s why Barnes and... -
Canada’s Oldest Indie Publisher Launches Canada’s Newest (and finest?) Website, with Week-long Launch Specials
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsIf Goose Lane isn’t Atlantic Canada’s finest publisher, it’ll give any competition a run for its money: a standard for quality literature and good-looking books, that get national media attention,... -
Five Writers on One Reason They Write …
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 7 CommentsLike a good workout, there are perks to writing, but like a good workout, it’s exhausting once you really get into it. I’m not the first writer to occasionally ponder... -
Randy Drover Wins the Inaugral Cox Palmer Award: Here’s a poem and short story by Randy
Posted on January 25, 2012 | 1 CommentRandy Drover is, in my opinion, one of the best emerging writers in the country. And I’ve been a fan for years. In 2008, to grow as a writer, I... -
Salty Links: Fightin’ Words Break Out at NL Reads, Côté Takes over Thomas Allen, The latest Book Blog Trend, and more …
Posted on January 20, 2012 | No CommentsAs the first ever NL Reads competition nears an end, Joel Thomas Hynes takes a kick and Chad and the Tortoise’s carapace: See the NL Reads Competition here. The esteemed... -
The First Ever NL Reads Contest Happening over at The Book Fridge.
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsJanuary needn’t be a bore, in the wake of December’s holidays. Kerri Cull, book blogger with a poetry book out very soon (Soak) is having 5 Newfoundland Artists answer... -
Survey Says: Salty Ink’s “Bestsellers” and Survey Finds …
Posted on January 3, 2012 | 4 CommentsSalty Ink posted a survey last week… relevant feedback from the answers are below … Salty Ink Bestsellers! One of the survey questions was which specific books have you bought... -
Please Fill Out This Survey to Make Salty Ink a Better Place! And We’ll See you in the New Year.
Posted on December 23, 2011 | No CommentsHappy Holidays, dear readers. So, 2011 was a great year for books, and strange year for Salty Ink. There was the disappearance in the spring, and the occasional lull as...
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