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The reading diary of Christopher Willard

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Christopher Willard, author, novelist, short story writer muses and offers strong opinions on literature, poetry, short stories and about any other type of word wrangling out there.

• Added on: Jan 18th, 2009
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Author: Christopher Willard
• Listed in: Fiction Books
• Tags: books writer fiction literature novels author

Recent Posts

• Poem

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 21:07

  You can find a recent poem by me HERE at Branta Magazine.Enjoy....

• Oh,ooo say can you read?

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 22:46

  If so, and you want that just so terrific book of short stories, The Granta Book of American Short Story is just that book. No I don't still think it's 1992. There have been attempts at putting together anthologies since, of various success. What m...

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  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 23:06

  I'd love to have been on the jury of the Victoria Butler Book Prize this year. Patrick Lane's Red Dog Red Dog was up against Patricia Young's Here Come the Moonbathers. Is there something in the water of Victoria? Fortunately I do not have to do an...

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  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 14:36

  Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine is now out. I have a story in it titled Little White Squirel Angel.Writer Alison Potstra says: It's "about a reality-show addicted obese woman, written in 'whitetrash' vernacular [that] makes a ...

• Thriller in the Mist

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 10:00

  Artist Josh Azzarella has taken Michael Jackson's Thriller, has digitally deleted all the people, and leaves us with a video showing only the background to ambient music. It's odd and interesting. Check it out now because I'm betting it won't be o...

• in between the sheets

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 22:55

  an unfortunate reading of in between the sheets by Ian McEwan.There's a point, I guess, that writers reach where whatever they cough into a hankie is taken as green gold. Do we believe reviewers are goggle eyed over fame or do we believe they're a br...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

paulette

Thank you for these words Christopher. You understood the book better than I did! Another book is in the works, coming out March 2010. Care for a copy? Paulette

Posted: August 23rd, 2009 | Report This Comment

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