Hobart - Turkey

To celebrate the good times and America's favourite shopping holiday, the good folks at Hobart published my little angry voice experiment "Turkey" earlier this week. Read about ravines, X-Men and terrible Dads right here. I enjoy the piece a lot, and big thanks go out to my friends MK, BB and CW who provided the edits.

Read all about it right here.

The Globe 100 - All We Want is Everything

Last weekend, The Globe and Mail released their list of the best books of 2013. All We Want is Everything ended up on the list, among twenty other Canadian fiction books, including Lynn Coady's Giller Prize-winning Hellgoing, Lisa Moore's Caught and Craig Davidson's Cataract City. I was extremely surprised and thrilled to find my debut collection on this list alongside so many heavyhitters. Hopefully it bodes well for the future. Check out the list right here and then go buy the book.

And check back on their review from this summer right here.

The Rusty Toque - Interview

Over at The Rusty Toque, Alex Carey interviewed me about All We Want is Everything, the origins of fiction, reckonings and my work as an editor with The Puritan. Come and read about how I rewrote The Lost World to feature all my friends getting killed off when I was nine years old. The Rusty Toque also publishes a lot of great fiction, poetry and other interviews. You can find also find my story "Hatchetman" right here.

And the interview is here.

The Book Fridge - Interview

Over at wise The Book Fridge, Kerri Cull interviewed me about All We Want Is Everything, first lines and some of my favourite reads. Learn about my childhood fantasy of a war between raccoons and dogs. Recoil in horror as I explain how a good story starts and why I love my terrible characters.

Read all about it right here.

Pushcart Prize Nomination - "Benefit"

Happy to announce my short story "Benefit" - published this summer with Pithead Chapel - has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Big thanks to Keith Rebec for publishing the piece and to my friend Brendan Bowles for the edits on this story. Blood disorders, bikers and general mayhem all come together for a story about brotherhood and deceit.

You can read "Benefit" here.

Returning to Oshawa with All We Want is Everything - November 9th, 2013

On November 9th, I will be returning to the city of my youth to do a reading and some signing of books at the local Chapters branch. There will be copies of the book. There will be me. You can combine the two and turn them into signed copies of my book. It's like magic or turning water into wine. Or building nothing out of something.

If you would like to see me there, the event will be running from 1:00-3:00 PM. Wear a vest. Buy ALL WE WANT IS EVERYTHING.

You know the drill.

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