Brian Bethune

Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.

Giller Prize nominee David Bezmozgis’s taut political story is set in modern Crimea

The Great War still dominates the peacetime lives of characters from the earlier novel of Giller nominee Frances Itani

This week’s hottest fiction and non-fiction titles

As expected, Miriam Toews walked away with $25,000 for her beloved new book, ’All My Puny Sorrows’

From the week of Nov. 2

The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize is one of Canada’s Big Three awards—just one of the ways the Trust offers salvation to authors.

Miriam Toews on her influences, and an excerpt from her shorlisted book, ’All My Puny Sorrows’

Carrie Snyder on her influences, and an excerpt of her shortlisted book, ’Girl Runner’

K.D. Miller on her influences, and an excerpt from her shortlisted story collection, ’All Saints’

Steven Galloway on his influences, and an excerpt from his shortlisted book, ’The Confabulist’