Edmonton writer Wendy McGrath was first published as a poet but her past two publications have in fact been novels, including her latest offering Santa Rosa, published in spring 2011 by NeWest Press.
The poet is still very much at work in McGrath’s novels; in fact they
seem to exist somewhere along the border of the narrative poem and the
novel. Santa Rosa doesn’t so much tell a story as it evokes a private
experience, that of a young girl growing up in a north-east Edmonton
neighbourhood in the 1960s, curious about the things that a child would
be curious about, vaguely aware if uncomprehending of the growing
dissolution of her parents’ marriage. I sat down with Wendy McGrath and
we talked about the poetic language of her prose and why her novels
don’t necessarily concern themselves much with plot and character
development. You can listen to that interview by clicking on the Title
of this Blog Entry.
Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson has managed a somewhat rare feat
for a largely untried new author–he went to New York and landed a
two-book deal with MacMillan Publishing subsidiary Forge. The first book
was published in April this year–a murder mystery set in Edmonton and
notable for its unusual protagonist, a recently rehabilitated journalist
named Leo Desroches, a man almost destroyed by his gambling addiction
and who now robs banks in his spare time in order to control his urges.
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The novel, called Fall from Grace, opens with reporter
Desroches being invited by a police officer to view the body of a young
native woman found murdered in a farmer’s field. Covering the story of
the woman’s death leads Desroches down a dangerous path as he begins to
unravel the secrets of a serial killer whose identity is truly shocking.
Wayne Arthurson sat down with Bookmark in May, 2011, to talk about his
story. I opened by asking Arthurson if Desroches was based on anyone he
knew. You can listen to that interview by clicking on the Title of this
Blog Entry.
A second Leo Desroches novel will be released next year by Forge, this book entitled A Killing Winter.
Muito bom o conteúdo de pura importancia para a sociedade parabens é um ótimo trabalho romance e muitos outros temas me interessa muito gostaria de dividir algumas dicas de uniformes e algumas matérias do nosso blog conheça é um convite.
Muito bom o conteúdo de pura importancia para a sociedade parabens é um ótimo trabalho romance e muitos outros temas me interessa muito gostaria de dividir algumas dicas de uniformes e algumas matérias do nosso blog conheça é um convite.
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