http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog Canadian Publishing News & Views Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:37:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chapters Indigo top reviewer Toni Osborne was recently tapped to do a review of Dan McNeil's novel, The Judas Apocalypse. She gave it 5 out of 5 maple leaves and her early comments were very positive: "Your novel is fantastic I loved it...Congratulations." "Excellent debut novel. It is suspenseful and a page ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=22 The new Ottawa Fiction Writers Collection was launched last Thursday and Dan, along with a number of other local authors were there to lend their support. The launch went very well ... [T]he station (``A`` ...) came down and did a small piece on the launch, but I was the focus ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=21 The following press release was sent out to Ottawa area media outlets including the Ottawa Citizen, the Ottawa Sun, CTV, and CBC Ottawa. Library and Authors’ Association Team Up to Let Community Meet Local Authors OTTAWA October 17, 2008 – In conjunction with the official launch of the newly-established Ottawa Fiction ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=20 On Tuesday, September 16th, Dan McNeil will be appearing on Daytime on Rogers Television which airs weekdays at 11am, 3pm, 5pm and 11pm. http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=19 We're pleased as punch that Dan McNeil, the author of The Judas Apocalypse will be on Ottawa television station A-Channel's morning show on Monday, July 14th. This is what they say about the interview on their website: Local author Dan McNeil drops by as he gets set to launch his debut ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=18 I'm sure Vincent Lam was the most astonished person in the room when his book was announced as the Giller winner last night at a gala in Toronto. As I'm sure you've noticed, I have yet to review two of the finalists, Carol Windley's Home Schooling, and the book with ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=13 This book has all the elements of a standard chick-lit novel: a young twenty-something Montreal woman on vacation in Tuscany, an older (maybe thirty-something?) attractive Italian man with a now-empty childhood home that's just asking to be renovated and decorated, his mother who spends her time in the kitchen making ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=12 Vincent Lam's Giller Prize-nominated work, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, is billed as a short story collection, but in many ways it is more like a novel. Its cast of characters make their way from story to story and the stories themselves are strung together by narrative threads created by a ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=11 While my attention was taken up with all of the literary award news earlier this month, Rachel Giese at the CBC was writing about a new book that's making a bit of a splash on the CanLit scene this fall. The catch? This book isn't the latest by Margaret Atwood ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=10 Governor General's Literary Award nominees were announced today, and again the big literary celebrities were passed over (though it should be noted that icons Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood asked to be left out of consideration). English Fiction The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens The Fearsome Particles by Trevor Cole Gargoyles by Bill ... http://www.ipublishpress.ca/ippblog/?p=9