On the Blog
~ Get your earbuds in! Author Lauren Carter pairs a perfectly ’90s (and ’80s) playlist to go with her gripping novel
This Has Nothing to Do With You (Freehand Books).~ Fiona Tinwei Lam tells us about Pablo Neruda’s influence in
Odes & Laments (Caitlin Press):
“[Neruda] advocates for poetry that is accessible, democratic and unpretentious, and that acknowledges readers’ thirst and hunger for meaning, wonder, delight, and solace.” ~ Debut fiction from J.R. McConvey (
Different Beasts ) combines the emotional depth and playfulness of Margaret Atwood’s
Wilderness Tips with the paranoia and cosmic horror found in the works of Thomas Ligotti.~ Publisher and designer
Ingrid Paulson chats with us about Gladstone Press where she redesigns covers of classic novels for contemporary readers.
Around the Web
~ And because good book design includes all genres, publisher of Promontory Press Bennett R. Coles lays out
five guiding principles for good nonfic design .~
The Writers’ Trust announced its 2019 Fiction Prize shortlist which included some ALU faves:
Shut Up You’re Pretty by Téa Mutonji (Arsenal Pulp Press),
Days by Moonlight by André Alexis (Coach House Books),
 Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala (Coteau Books)~ In somewhat obvious news,
celebrity book clubs are actually selling books .
In Case You Missed It (last week)
The Girl Who Stole Everything
We explored Vancouver’s east-side streets, which set the backdrop for Norman Ravvin’s
The Girl Who Stole Everything (Linda Leith Publishing) a novel that deals with the relationship between prewar Polish shtetl life and Jewish lives today.
