http://annestone.net/lately Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:11:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, I'm inspired by this (by way of Bookninja). When I was a kid, I read the Websters from a to zed, and now, on my Mat leave, along with working on the next novel, editing Charles Demer's brilliant debut, and ... oh, yeah, having a baby ... I'm going to read the ... http://annestone.net/lately/2008/08/07/dictionary-fetish/ 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.  http://annestone.net/lately/2008/06/14/relit-longlist/ Matrix Presents Issue 80: The Gallows Humour Issue Matrix magazine is now accepting submissions for its Gallows Humour dossier. We are looking for your darkest, most absurd and sardonic, witty, acerbic, ironic and sarcastic unpublished writing. Edited by Mike Spry. Poetry: (3-5 poems). Fiction: (3500 words max.). Deadline: ... http://annestone.net/lately/2008/02/15/gallows-humour/ The latest Matrix is at press now, with poems by Stuart Ross, fiction by Sarah Steinberg, and a special section, the New Underground, with writing by some of the best emerging writers (glad to see an excerpt of Jenny Sampirisi's forthcoming novel, Iswas, included there). In this issue, there's also ... http://annestone.net/lately/2008/02/04/the-new-underground/ 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 ... http://annestone.net/lately/2008/01/12/upcoming-readings-redux/ 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.) http://annestone.net/lately/2007/12/29/sudden-service-little-lessons-delible/ On Rabble, Amber Dean reflects on what the Pickton trial has and has not told us about "what really happened" to the women who were murdered. Writes Dean:I thought I was prepared that day for what I was about to hear, as I was no stranger to the circumstances surrounding the ... http://annestone.net/lately/2007/12/21/what-lives-on/ “People drive by in their nice cars and stare because, like an accident, they realize it could happen to them. So for that brief moment, they can’t take their eyes away from that person’s tragedy because for that brief moment, they understand it could be them, and for that ... http://annestone.net/lately/2007/11/11/recommended-reading/ MATRIX MAGAZINE presents...Issue 79: THE NEW UNDERGROUND. We are looking for the best unpublished writers in Canada for our 79th issue. We are looking for innovative short fiction and poetry by young or emerging writers. Eligible applicants include Canadian citizens who have NOT published a trade book. People who have published chapbooks or ... http://annestone.net/lately/2007/10/28/matrix-call-for-submission/ Tonight, Louis Rastelli launches his new novel A Fine Ending (Insomniac Press, 2007). Louis has been doing amazing cultural work out of Montreal for many many years (distroboto, Expozine, Fish Piss). Last spring, Jon Paul Fiorentino (who was the editor of my novel Delible) suggested that we trade off on ... http://annestone.net/lately/2007/10/23/launches-in-montreal-and-vancouver/