Writers’ Trust Awards
Thursday, September 29th, 2011The nominees for this year’s Writers’ Trust Awards have been announced; here are the finalists.
Kenneth Oppel
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011In Wednesday’s National Post, I sit down with Kenneth Oppel to talk about his latest book, This Dark Endeavour.
Louise Penny
Monday, September 26th, 2011In today’s National Post I sit down with bestselling mystery writer Louise Penny to talk about her latest book, A Trick of the Light.
Douglas Gibson
Saturday, September 24th, 2011In Saturday’s National Post I profile legendary Canadian editor and publisher Douglas Gibson, who has just released his memoirs, Stories About Storytellers.
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011Jeez, that’s a mouthful. Here are the nominees, anyways.
Gary Hustwit; Page Eight
Friday, September 16th, 2011The timing of Gary Hustwit’s new documentary, Urbanized, couldn’t be better considering what’s happening in Toronto. I sat down with the director while he was in town for TIFF. Also, I report from the Page Eight press conference.
Chicken With Plums
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Earlier this week, I sat down with Marjane Satrapi and her co-director Vincent Paronnaud to talk about their new movie, Chicken With Plums, based on Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name.
Roger Ebert; Nick Broomfield; Like Crazy
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Roger Ebert’s memoirs, Life Itself, come out today, and I recently had the chance to interview him about the book. Also: I sit down with documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield to talk about his new Sarah Palin doc, and report from the Like Crazy press conference.
Shame
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011A report from the press conference for Michael Fassbender’s new film, Shame.
TIFF; Giller Prize
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011In Wednesday’s National Post, I take a look at some of the book-inspired films coming to this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. I also take a long at the longlist for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize.