About the Author
Elaine McCluskey
Elaine McCluskey is the author of three acclaimed short-story collections — Hello, Sweetheart; Valery the Great; and The Watermelon Social — and two novels, Going Fast and The Most Heartless Town in Canada. She is a Journey Prize finalist and her stories have appeared in journals such as The Antigonish Review, Room and subterrain. She lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Did someone say festival season? Eden Mills, and Word on the Streets Halifax and Saskatoon are all this week, plus great readings and signings.
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In our final book club post of the summer (don’t mind us crying over here…), we’re recommending some other CanLit titles to keep you reading long after you’re done A Gentle Habit. And if you missed our July book club pick, there are even more fantastic books we can ... Read more
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Happy holiday! Because literary events are naturally more scarce in the summertime, we've lumped August together into a supersized, coast-to-coast literary listing! Set your calendar to "month" and plan for these great events.
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Happy long weekend! It's sad that the summer is halfway over but we're so happy to have three days off that we're all planning on doing as little as possible to maximize our relaxation levels. If you're feeling like us in this non-stop heat, sit back with this week's bookish ... Read more
The Most Heartless Town in Canada by Elaine McCluskey (Anvil Press) looks at media agendas, amateur sport, family dynamics, and the divide between rural and urban Canada. The story starts with a newspaper photo taken in the obscure town of Myrtle, Nova Scotia, after the murder ... Read more
No, they’re not stories that are mad at you: short story collections offer a window into ideas, themes, and feelings, as well as providing an author the chance to flex their writerly muscle, honing every paragraph down to perfect sentences; sentences to perfect words. As Andrew ... Read more
This month, it became clear that Marian Engel’s 1976 novel, Bear, is still very much in the Canadian cultural consciousness. After being told we “had some explaining to do” on Tumblr and that one Canadian literary trope is “A Woman Has Sex With a Bear or a Unicorn And ... Read more
Stephen Leacock's classic story collection, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, and its fictional setting of small-town Mariposa has delighted audiences for 102 years. Before and since, Canadians have upheld a long tradition of hilarity, in whatever circumstances -- and this ... Read more
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