a delible mind

Just finishing up an email interview with a student who is studying Delible. She asked a question about the setting (why the suburb of Mississauga as opposed to the DTES) that renewed my thinking about suburbs as asocial spaces (something I thought a lot about while writing Delible). Here is part of my response:
The suburbs [...]

When I read at SFU on Thursday, Mercedes Eng was there and asked a great question — or made a great point. In distinguishing the earlier (two) novels (jacks and Hush) from the later one (Delible), I’d said something along the lines of how the earlier works had more in common with poems, and in [...]

The Relit Awards longlist is out and Delible is there, along with a lot — uh, a lot — of other great independent works. And I felt the first kick today (from W’s & my little one). An awesome day. 

REDUX: Here in Vangroovy, winter’s set in, which means rain. The current issue of the McGill News has a great review of Delible.
Rita Wong and Robert Majzels have thoughtful responses up on rob mclennan’s ‘12 or 20.’ (I’m sure I should get why they’re called ‘12 or 20,’ but don’t.) Can’t wait to read [...]

Zoe Whittall (author of Bottle Rocket Hearts) chose Delible as her book of the year for the Globe! — along with Elizabeth Bachinski’s Home of Sudden Service and Emily Holton’s Little Lessons in Safety. (Nice company to be in, all round.)

CBC’s North by Northwest will air an interview about Delible Sunday morning between 8 & 9 a.m. (I think it’ll be archived on site later). I liked Sheryl MacKay right away. It was one of those interviews that morphs into a conversation (in a good way), the context falling away.
There have been a few new [...]

The Delible bookshort is up:
The video captures part of a really great interview Amy Logan Holmes conducted with me at Book Expo. I can see this being really useful as an intro at readings, and also, to offer anyone who picks up the book a sense of the thinking behind the novel, which is very [...]

 

 Delible Bookshort: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Apparently, if you’re American, you can download books for free. Including new books. Um, here’s a free copy of my book. (Thanks for the link, J.)
After the Tyee article came out, there was a bit of a furor over Steven Galloway’s facetious remark about burning down libraries. So, uh, I won’t say anything at [...]

disjunct reading series
Wednesday, July 25th at 8:00 pm at the Wired Monk Cafe
2610 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Reading by Anne Stone, music by Shane Krause and Jonathon Wilcke
Anne Stone’s latest novel, Delible (Insomniac Press, April 2007), tells the story of Melora Sprague, a 15-year-old girl whose sister has gone missing.
Report on Steve Lacy:
Shane Krause (Baritone saxophone) [...]

A new review came out this morning. The Toronto Star calls Delible:
“… a compelling exploration of the intense, secretive world of teenagers.
Stone has constructed a narrative that’s often wrenching. It offers no false
comfort or tidy resolutions, but leaves a lasting mark.”