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John Vigna: Calgary's Greatest Moment?

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Saturday, June 29, 2013. Some fine Calgary writers - Ian Brown, Marcello Di Cintio, Debbie Willis, Samantha Warwick and others - share their thoughts on the recent flood. Read the article here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). John Vigna is the author of Bull Head. He lives in Steveston, BC with his wife, the writer Nancy Lee. For more info, visit his website. Danuta Gleed Award Finalist.

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John Vigna: November 2012

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Friday, November 30, 2012. Quill and Quire Books of the Year. BULL HEAD was selected by Quill and Quire review editor, Steven W. Beattie, as a book of the year along with four other titles. For more information and to see the list, go here. Saturday, November 24, 2012. At the Mike Series in Victoria, Nov 27. If you are in Victoria on Nov 27, join Lee Henderson, John Gould and myself in conversation at 7pm at Cadboro Bay Books. Monday, November 19, 2012. Toronto: Type Books, Nov 21. This Wednesday, Nov 21.

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John Vigna: Booklist: "Impressive Debut Collection"

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Thursday, May 16, 2013. Booklist: "Impressive Debut Collection". Recently, Booklist reviewed BULL HEAD and had some great things to say about it: "Muscular, lyrical prose . The characters, mostly men toughened byhardscrabble living, are drawn with understanding, insight, and brutal honesty. This impressive debut collection will appeal to readers of literary fiction like James Dickey's Deliverance. Larry Brown's Joe, and Annie Proulx's Wyoming stories.". The full review can be found here.

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John Vigna: Danuta Gleed Award Shortlist

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Saturday, May 18, 2013. Danuta Gleed Award Shortlist. BULL HEAD has made the shortlist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. The Award recognizes the best first English-language collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2012. Other nominees include Rebecca Lee, Paul Marlowe, Anton Piatigorsky, and Yasuko Thanh. For more details on the award and each nominated book, click here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). John Vigna is the author of Bull Head. Danuta Gleed Award Shortlist.

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John Vigna: February 2013

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Friday, February 15, 2013. Gripping Mountain Gothic Literature". The wise and generous Bob Ede, over at East Kootenay News Online Weekly (e-know.ca), asked me some insightful questions in a wide-ranging interview that gets to the heart of process in writing BULL HEAD. The interview sheds light on violence, William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O'Connor, the harsh beauty of the Elk Valley, curses, the changing role of men, and the importance of basketball in my life.

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John Vigna: June 2013

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Saturday, June 29, 2013. Some fine Calgary writers - Ian Brown, Marcello Di Cintio, Debbie Willis, Samantha Warwick and others - share their thoughts on the recent flood. Read the article here. Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Danuta Gleed Award Finalist. Congratulations to Rebecca Lee for winning the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her collection, Bobcat and Other Stories. Bull Head was a finalist along with Anton Piatigorsky’s The Iron Bridge. For more information, click here. Danuta Gleed Award Finalist.

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John Vigna: December 2012

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Thursday, December 6, 2012. Starred Review in Quill and Quire. BULL HEAD receives a starred review in Quill and Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. Read the review here. John Vigna is the author of Bull Head. He lives in Steveston, BC with his wife, the writer Nancy Lee. For more info, visit his website. Starred Review in Quill and Quire.

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John Vigna: October 2012

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Calgary: Walls and Stories. If you are in Calgary this Friday, Nov 2, join me and Marcello Di Cintio and Naomi K. Lewis as we read from our latest books at Pages Books on Kensington. The event, dubbed, "Walls and Stories," starts at 7:30pm and promises an eclectic range of material and styles. For more information, click here. Monday, October 29, 2012. Bull Head Reviewed in Fernie Fix. Published in Fernie Fix. Friday, October 26, 2012. Into the Abyss Launches. Recently compil...

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John Vigna: Writing Literary Nonfiction

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Thursday, July 4, 2013. Some thoughts on writing literary non-fiction after reading hundreds of submissions for the CBC contest. Read the piece here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). John Vigna is the author of Bull Head. He lives in Steveston, BC with his wife, the writer Nancy Lee. For more info, visit his website. CBC Books Writers to Watch.

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John Vigna: August 2012

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012. A Good Mail Day. When you've been working for a long time and imagining this moment and that moment seems impossibly far away, because it is, it's a bit overwhelming and surreal when the moment finally arrives, so much so that it gives the illusion of normalcy, which is not at all how I feel. Finished books in hand. Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Hoedown at The Bourbon. The launch for Bull Head. Is on September 19, 2012 at 7:30pm. RSVP here. Info on the book here. A Good Mail Day.