The best part of Canada Reads for the last couple of years has not been the program itself, or (with one or two notable exceptions) the books themselves: rather, it has been the day-by-day commentary by CNQ editor Alex Good and regular contributor Steven Beattie over at the Shakespearean Rag. This year’s Canada Reads list [...]
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On Reviewing: Steven Beattie
Daniel WellsRegular CNQ contributor has an interview up on Sina Queyras’s blog, Lemon Hound, part of a series of interviews the poet has been doing on different approaches to reviewing over the last couple of months. Below is her first question, and Steven’s answer.
LH: What do you think the purpose of a review is? If you [...]
the ink stained wretch: Eric Ormsby on Literary Criticism
Daniel WellsThe new issue of The New Quarterly arrived yesterday and among its many pleasures — new work from Heather Birrell, Zsuzi Gartner, Caroline Adderson and James Pollock — was what may be one of the best essays on reviewing I’ve read in recent memory. Eric Ormsby’s ‘Fine Incisions: Reflections on Reviewing’ gets to the heart [...]
You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Scholar
Daniel WellsOver at the Globe & Mail, the Tuesday essay asks why there are not more Canadian Literature professors on literary award juries.
It’s the start of a new year for Canadian literature. The hoopla surrounding last year’s Giller has quieted down. The Governor-General’s Literary Awards have been handed out. Soon Canada Reads will fill the gap [...]