Authors Aloud
Canadian authors from “recognized Canadian publishing houses” read excerpts from their latest work. At the moment of this writing over 80 audio recordings are available for your listening enjoyment.
Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize for Fiction is for a woman author who produces the best full-length novel in English published for the first time in the UK. It is also judged exclusively by women.
I, Richard Audio Book Review
Elizabeth George is best known for her psychological crime novels. She has 15 books published. This is her first short story collection. The review of I, Richard was first published at 1/5/2008 at Literary Fiction BellaOnline. The full review of this audio book can now be read at SquidLit.
How to Bludgeon Writer’s Block to Death
Every writer battles writer’s block at some point in their career and some battle it more than others. Here are three quick tips to help banish writer’s block. Sketch Out Your Battle Plan Some writers would make lousy builders. They’d gather some beams, a half dozen nails, and a hammer and erect their first wall….
Stephen King on The Hour
One of my favourite quasi news entertainment shows is The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos. He always has excellent interviews with a wide variety of actors, authors, politicians and everything in between. Here’s his video interview with author Stephen King from The Hour. When you are done with that, be sure to watch John Grisham in…
Sisters Sippin Tea Literary Group
Books, tea, great conversation and a support group. A Tulsa, Oklahoma book club is taking reading to a whole new high. Sisters Sippin Tea, or SST for short, is made up of African American women from all walks of life. There are wives, mothers…
Writers Exploding – Guest Post
Writing is what you do when you compose an email. Creating is what you do when you compose War and Peace. To paraphrase Mark Twain, the first resembles the second as the lightning bug resembles lightning. The movement from composing an email to composing War and Peace isn’t quantitative: it isn’t the process of stringing…
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is the author of ten novels. Some of his works include: All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), Cities of the Plain (1998), No Country for Old Men (2005), and The Road (2006).