An excellent review from the Walrus by Lisa Moore!
You’ll have to get a copy of the September issue to read (or get very good glasses!) but if your eyesight is good give this a go.
View ArticleRussell discusses a music playlist that relates to Confidence
In his own words, here is Russell Smith’s Book Notes music playlist for his short story collection Confidence: Confidence is a suite of stories set in a large North American city (it looks like Toronto...
View ArticleTour! Tour! Tour!
Sept 13. Eden Mills Writers Festival Oct. 17 Windsor Bookfest Oct. 24 2 pm, Toronto International Festival of Authors (IFOA) Oct 29 7:30 pm, Toronto IFOA. Nov 7 Either London (for...
View ArticleFive Questions with… Russell Smith
IFOA: Finish this sentence: “When I’m not writing or reading, you can find me…” Smith: Mixing techno in my basement on my Traktor S4 controller. Read the other four answers here
View ArticleThe Writers’ Trust of Canada nomination
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Winner: $25,000; Finalists: $2,500 Sponsored by 2015 Finalists André Alexis (Toronto) Fifteen Dogs Published by Coach House Books Elizabeth Hay (Ottawa) His Whole...
View ArticleRussell Smith tells the secrets of the city (National Post)
Russell Smith easily picks his favourite scene in Confidence, his collection of short stories released in May of this year, and since nominated for both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers...
View ArticleReview: Russell Smith’s vivid voice
by Susan G. Cole CONFIDENCE by Russell Smith (Biblioasis), 158 pages, $19.95 paper. Rating: NNNN You may loathe his characters – almost all of them men, many of them whiny, often recreational drug...
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