DAILY LINKS

November 20: The literary scene in Winnipeg and beyond 

Yesterday's link: Gay penguin book shakes up Ill. school 

Earlier stuff: Good times for Montreal writers 

Toni Morrison puts slam poetry in the Louvre  

Downpaging 

Toronto's Lam wins Giller Prize 

Talk of bribes rocks French literary world

READINGS

November 20, 2006

Poetry

"Apres Film" by Ruth Roach Peirson (Arc)
"Complications Janey" by Caroline Smart (Exile)

Fiction

"Live Bait" by Michael Bryson (QWERTY)
"Donut Castle" by Susan Mockler (Taddle Creek)

For a collection of readings, visit the Anthology.

TRIVIA CHALLENGE
November, 2006

 Question: What was the first year the Governor General's Literary Awards had a cash prize and how much was it?

 Prize: Paul Glennon's GG-nominated The Dodecahedron  

LINKS

WHAT'S NEW

Arts Journal
A daily digest of arts and cultural journalism.
Authors Aloud
Listen to Canadian authors reading their work.
BookNinja
A Canadian book site with essays, reviews and daily links.
BookSlut
A great all-around site with a lot of stuff.
Canadian Notes & Queries  
A CanLit journal with essays, reviews, and forums.
The Complete Review
A "literary saloon" and review site. Quite well done.
The Danforth Review
Well maintained site reporting on the Canadian small press scene.
Guardian: Books Unlimited
British book news and reviews.
Identity Theory
Great site featuring lots of author interviews.
LitBits
"Bite-sized fiction."
Maud Newton
"Occasional literary links, amusements, politics, and rants."
Moby Lives
News and commentary from independent publisher and journalist Dennis Loy Johnson. Now on radio!
Northern Poetry Review
Canadian poetry reviews, articles and interviews.  
Poetry Reviews
Reviews of new books of Canadian poetry.
Quill & Quire
Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. A great resource, but membership is required if you want access to everything.

November 10: added the second part of our Giller Green Room discussion!

November 6: added a review of Jean Barbe's How to Become a Monster

November 3: added a link to my review of Alice Munro's The View from Castle Rock (at Quill & Quire)

ABOUT

GoodReports.net (originally Alex Good's Book Page) was launched in December 1999 as a personal home page containing book reviews, book news, author interviews, and various other book related topics. The site in its current form is still being maintained as a hobby and labour of love.

After completing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Toronto in 1996 I began working in a field unrelated to books.  But the opportunity to write reviews for a local newspaper has let me indulge my avocation. From there it was one small step to the Internet, and the rest of the story is now online.

 Editor: Alex Good (e-mail)

 Anthology Editor: Christina Decarie