Monday, August 11, 2008

"One of the sharpest literary debates this country has ever seen..."

Just three days before the official launch of the CNQ/TNQ Salon Des Refuses (don't forget to join us at the Gladstone in Toronto this Wednesday, August 13th, doors at 8:00 p.m.) Alex Good had this to say about our joint venture in the Toronto Star:

Did anyone see this coming?
When The Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories, edited by Jane Urquhart, came out last fall, it was greeted with the generally deferential reviews expected of such an exercise in cultural authority.
Almost a year later, this 700-page tome has become the flashpoint for one of the sharpest literary debates this country has ever seen.

For the full article, check out www.thestar.com/entertainment/Books/article/475465

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