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"A very strong, original debut"

Submitted by clelia on July 9, 2009 - 1:52pm
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"A very strong, original debut"

Why does Lauren Kirshner, Open Book's July Writer in Residence, feel like 1980s Madonna? Because the Globe and Mail calls her novel, Where We Have to Go (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), "A very strong, original debut." Reviewer Zoe Whittall writes, "Where We Have to Go is a sombre but playful saga of a nerdy girl's fight for herself and her family, and highlights Kirshner as a new novelist to watch."

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Featured Fiction: Shelf Monkey by Corey Redekop

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Submitted by clelia on January 4, 2008 - 1:19pm

Featured Fiction: Shelf Monkey by Corey Redekop

Corey Redekop (ECW Press, 2007)

Corey Redekop, author of the novel Shelf Monkey, is Open Book's January Writer in Residence. Shelf Monkey has received praise for its "subversive brilliance" (Bookgasm) and "dark comedy and witty language" (Quill & Quire). Chatelaine's review of Shelf Monkey states, "This satire has enough literary schadenfreude to satisfy even the most seasoned bibliophile." You can listen to Corey read from Shelf Monkey here and here.

About the book:
Thomas Friesen has three goals in life. Get a job. Make friends. Find a good book to curl up with. After landing a job at READ, the newest hypermegabookstore, he feels he may have accomplished all three.

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