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- Mar 14, 2019
- 1 min
Cross-Canada Book Launches for Quill of the Dove
I am delighted to be launching Quill of the Dove in Vancouver, my hometown. The launch will be at Massy Books (229 East, Georgia Street) on April 6, 2019, at 6:30 pm. I will be reading alongside acclaimed Guernica authors, Michael Springate, Arianna Dagnino and Alexandra Karb. My Toronto launch on April 14, 2019, is at the Supermarket Bar (268 Augusta Avenue) at 3:30 pm. I will be joined by a number of other Guernica authors. The Toronto launch promises to be a really enterta
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Ian Thomas Shaw
- Jan 26, 2019
- 2 min
On the Road in 2019
Things are looking up in 2019. My publisher, Guernica Editions, has organized some exciting book launches in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. I am particularly looking forward to the first launch of Quill of the Dove on April 6 in Vancouver, my hometown. It is always great to get back there. The launch at Massy Books in Chinatown will be with some great Guernica authors: Michael Springate, Arianna Dagnino and Alexandra Karb. Details are on my events page and also in this Face
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Con Cú
- Oct 28, 2018
- 2 min
Guernica Editions at 40
I drove down to Toronto and back yesterday to participate in my publisher's fortieth anniversary bash at the International Festival of Authors (Harbourfront). Clocking 900 km, it was a long drive but certainly worth it to hear readings by some of Guernica's finest fiction writers and poets, including George Elliot Clarke, Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate. It was also very touching to hear Michael Mirolla and Connie McParland, Guernica's current publishers, speak about the
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Con Cú
- Oct 16, 2018
- 1 min
Interview with Toronto Literary Critic Mayank Bhatt
I was pleased to participate in an interview with Toronto literary critic Mayank Bhatt about my new novel Quill of the Dove and the motivations behind my writing. I invite you to read the interview at his website here. Cheers, Ian Thomas Shaw #MayankBhatt #IanThomasShaw #QuilloftheDove
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Con Cú
- Oct 2, 2018
- 1 min
Wow, They are Beautiful!
Nothing is quite as sweet for an author as opening a box of his freshly printed novels. I had the opportunity to grab from Gauvin Printing a couple of boxes of these beauties for use at upcoming local events. The mother lode was shipped off to the publisher and distributor. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but admit it, aren't they stunning? #QuilloftheDove #IanThomasShaw #Canadianliterature #politicalthriller
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Con Cú
- Sep 29, 2018
- 1 min
Quill of the Dove Reading at the Guernica Editions 40th-Anniversary - Oct. 17
I am excited to be invited to do a short reading of my novel, Quill of the Dove, at my publisher's 40th-anniversary reception in Ottawa on October 17, 2018. The reception starts at 5:30 pm at the 18th-floor boardrooms of KPMG, 150 Elgin. I hope to see many of you there. There will be advance print copies of the novel available. Several other Ottawa-area Guernica authors will also read and the shortlist for the Guernica Prize will be announced. Here is the Eventbrite invitatio
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