I am delighted to share with you the happy news that the rights for the French translation of Quill of the Dove have been sold to Éditions L'Interligne and the rights for the Catalan translation to Editorial Gregal. The French translation is scheduled for release in June 2020 and the Catalan translation for January 2021. We are also pursuing efforts to interest German, Spanish, Italian and Turkish publishers in the novel. That is setting the bar pretty high, but why not? The

I thought that you might enjoy this short interview with Ottawa's Rogers Daytime TV host Dylan Black about my second novel, Quill of the Dove, and my cross-Canada book launches. Details on the launches are at the link below. https://www.writersunion.ca/notice/ishaw/quill-dove-cross-canada-book-launches Ian Thomas Shaw #Canadianwriters #IanThomasShaw #QuilloftheDove

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

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

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

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

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

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