AltWeeklies Wire
Tons O' Gunsnew
Bascunan and Pearce take aim at the culture of firearms from a hip-hop perspective.
Montreal Mirror |
Narcel X |
02-08-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Born To Writenew
Literary latecomer Neil Smith on performance anxiety his sharp new collection of shorts.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
01-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bang Crunch, Neil Smith
The Permanent Periodnew
Ford discusses his life phases, writing satisfaction and the best books of the year.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-08-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land
Sorting Out '56new
Princz tries to untangle the messy memories of the Hungarian revolution.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
11-17-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andrew Princz, Bridging the Divide
Holy Baloneynew
The God Delusion crucifies religion and the religious.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
11-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
Sinsational!new
Straw discusses his new book on lurid New York crime magazines.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-19-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dogs of Warnew
First time novelist Rawi Hage discusses his 80s Beirut war story.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
06-23-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DeNiro's Game, Rawi Hage
Mojo Risingnew
In his new novel, Robinson kills off a music journalist.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
06-02-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Robinson, Piece of My Heart
Ya Ya Ya!new
In the wake of the Kaavya Viswanathan scandal and other bad press, Castellucci stands up for
young adult fiction.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-12-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cecil Castellucci, Queen of Cool
Chop Chopnew
Ruth Reichl discusses the pleasures and perils of magazine editing.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-21-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Road Takennew
Anders Nilsen reflects on his rough walk through nowhere.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Woodley |
02-17-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Anders Nilsen, Dogs and Water
Author Expects Bitter Fight in Iraq to Continuenew
The Toronto author who covered the invasion of Iraq for Harper's asks when Americans will realize that the vestige of democracy is gone and they're living under a totalitarian regime.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-08-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Author Looks to Unlock Truth of Houdini's Final Vanishing Actnew
J. Gordon Whitehead visited Houdini backstage and punched the master of escape in the stomach. Houdini died a few days later. Was it murder or a dumb prank gone wrong? Don Bell, one of Montreal's great essayists, spent the last two decades of his life tackling the mystery.
Montreal Mirror |
Kristian Gravenor |
11-04-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews