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Upcoming book tour
Ottawa Friday, April 24 at 6:30 at the Christ Church Cathedral The Sound and the Fury with Russell Smith, Neil Smith and Sean Michaels, featuring new music by Mike Dubue. Hosted by Michael Blouin...
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An anthropologist of the urbane, top of his game & delicious darkness, sharp...
“Whatever the reason, Confidence finds Smith at the top of his game.” — Winnipeg Free Press “It’s a delicious darkness that pervades Russell Smith’s latest short story collection, Confidence” — THIS...
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“I’m obsessed with secrets because that’s where I think story comes from....
Russell Smith’s writing is known for pulling no punches when it comes to taking digs at the darker side of urban life, something he says comes from a complex love-hate relationship he has with city...
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Top of his game, delicious darkness, sharp and sultry (reviews)
Top of his game, delicious darkness, sharp and sultry (reviews).
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Guelph book launch
Coach House Press and Biblioasis invite you to join us for the book launch of Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis and Confidence by Russell Smith at 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 12th at The Bookshelf eBar (41...
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Confidence track by Roomtone
Here’s a bitchin’ track for Confidence. Click on the picture.
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Secrets we shouldn’t share with anyone
Everybody is hiding something, says Canadian author Russell Smith. Some secrets are enormous, others just embarrassing — and far too many are a threat to long-term, committed relationships. For 20...
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Russell Smith takes a darker turn in new collection
What are you hiding from the loved ones in your life? This is the question that Toronto writer Russell Smith explores in the stories of his new collection, Confidence. There are hidden sexual...
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Publisher’s Weekly
“The most memorable stories work with the formula but have added depth. Mixing satiric comedy with pathos, the married dad in “Raccoons” pretends to search the garage for the titular pest. In fact he...
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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.
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Russell 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...
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Tour! 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...
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Five 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
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The 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...
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Russell 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...
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Review: 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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