Linwood Barclay

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

In today’s National Post I profile Linwood Barclay, author of the new thriller Fear The Worst.

Jeff Lemire and The Nobody

Friday, August 14th, 2009

In today’s National Post, I chat with Jeff Lemire, a Toronto-based artist who recently released a new graphic novel called The Nobody, a unique take on H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man.

Michael Crummey

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

In today’s National Post I chat with Michael Crummey about his new novel Galore.

Peter Terzian on Heavy Rotation

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Over on The Afterword I’ve posted a Q&A with Peter Terzian, editor of Heavy Rotation, a new collection of essays in which 20 writers discuss the album which changed their lives.

The Ecology of Books: Creative Writing; Martin Amis; Rachel Kushner; David Mitchell

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

A few weeks ago I enrolled in the Humber School for Writers Summer Workshop in order to research the seventh part in my ongoing series The Ecology of Books. The resulting feature - Get With The Program - runs in today’s National Post. Also, over on The Afterword, I’ve posted Q&As with some of this year’s instructors, including Martin Amis, Rachel Kushner, and David Mitchell.