Patti Grayson

Nov 6, 2023 | 49thshelf.com | Kerry Clare |Patti Grayson |Trevor Corkum |Spencer Miller

The Bookseller: Liz Green, Audreys Books (Edmonton, AB)The Pick: Daughter, by Claudia DeyDaughter revolves around Mona and her larger than life, manipulative, and narcissistic father as he draws her closer and pushes her away, as he sees fit, often playing her against his other relationships, especially his daughter by another marriage. Claudia Dey writes beautifully about this ebb and flow and its toll on Mona.

Oct 24, 2023 | 49thshelf.com | Trevor Corkum |Spencer Miller |Kerry Clare |Patti Grayson

We begin this year’s special Giller coverage in conversation with Dionne Irving. Her short story collection The Islands is a 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist. You need to be logged in to enter to win. Have an account already? Sign In. Need an account? Sign Up. It's easy and just takes a minute. Enter for a chance to win the 2023 Giller Prize shortlist! Contest closes midnight, November 14.

Oct 3, 2023 | 49thshelf.com | Patti Grayson |Trevor Corkum |Spencer Miller |Kerry Clare

This is a sprawling, gorgeous epic of a novel that spans nearly a century. What moment or character provided the initial seed for the story? I had actually been working on a different novel for a couple of years when the first image from what would become A History of Burning popped into my head—and wouldn’t leave until I wrote it down.