David Adams Richards, one of Canada’s most esteemed and celebrated authors, has been appointed to the Canadian senate. Richards is the only author to have won Canada’s most sought after literary prize, the Governor General’s Award, for both fiction and non-fiction. In an interview with CBC news, Richards said, “I’ve written 30, 31 books and I would like to do something else. I think I might be able to offer something. I was asked by […]
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is not meant to be a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while pushing forward on their latest work. This time out we chat with Ken McGoogan, whose newest book, Dead Reckoning, will be released on September 27th. Ken’s previous books include 50 Canadians Who Changed […]
Inc. magazine compiles a list of the “24 books successful people read” on the premise that: People who do great things typically are serious about self-improvement, which often is served in the form of a book. Here are two dozen good ones, recommended by founders, executives, and other high achievers. The two dozen mentioned include Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel; #GIRLBOSS by Sophia […]
Mysteria: A Book of Spooky and Fantastic Tales is a collection of short stories on the subject of mysterious happenings of a paranormal nature. Nor is it merely confined to the spirit world. Included are stories about UFOs, secret government experiments, vampires, time-slips, and wherever else the author’s imagination led. Mysteria can be dipped into, and a couple of stories can be read in a single break, or you can sit down at home and […]
It Takes More Than Love: A Workbook for Singles and Couples is a powerful tool both for those already in a relationship and for those hoping to find one. Written by esteemed husband and wife team Avrum Nadigel, a marriage and family therapist, and the author of Learning to Commit: The Best Time to Work on Your Marriage is When You’re Single and Aliza Israel, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and lecturer at the University […]
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is not meant to be a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while pushing forward on their latest work. This time out we chat with Andrea MacPherson, whose latest novel, What We Once Believed, was released last spring. What do you snack on while writing? […]
In a television trend that would seem likely to translate to fiction, The Chicago Tribune reports on a trend towards feel-good television. “The feel-good Hallmark Channel is booming in the age of Trump,” blared the headline of an August 2017 story. Television series like Chesapeake Shores, based on the books by Sherryl Woods and movies like When Calls the Heart, based on a book by Janette Oke, deliver happy endings. The main characters do […]
(Editor’s note: Scottish author Philip Kerr’s The Other Side of Silence, his 11th historical thriller starring Bernhard Gunther, was originally released in hardcover back in 2016. But the paperback edition came out this year—much to critic Jim Napier’s delight, as he explains in the following piece.) Ten novels in, crime writer Philip Kerr shows no sign of slacking off. In The Other Side of Silence (Putnam), the latest installment of his long-running series featuring Berlin […]
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company has secured the rights to develop a film based on Walter Isaacson’s (The Innovators, Steve Jobs) yet-to-be-released 2017 book, Leonardo Da Vinci (Simon & Schuster). From Deadline Hollywood: Legend has it that Leonardo DiCaprio was so named because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when the future star kicked for the first time. So it seems like destiny […]
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is not meant to be a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while pushing forward on their latest work. This time out we chat with Lisa Beazley, whose debut novel, Keep Me Posted, is released in paperback today. What do you snack on while writing? […]
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