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Reality or Simply a Mirage?

Posted on February 16, 2011 by chichikir

I read with interest the article, CNN ‘beirut 39′ about the future of writers from the Arab world, and how according to Bill Swanson of Bloomsbury Publishing, within the next 5 to 10 years there is going to be an … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged Amazon, Arab world, Arabic literature, Bill Swanson, Bloomsbury, book, bqtp, chichikir, CNN, disappointment, discontent, editor, Edward Nawotka, Edward Said, Egypt, fiction, Khalil Gibran, literature, Mahmoud Darwish, media, Middle East, Naguib Mahfouz, Nizar Kabbani, Nobel prize, publisher, Publishing Perspectives, Qatar, writer | 2 Comments

Pity The Civilians

Posted on February 4, 2011 by chichikir

In my book The Lost I, in the last chapter, Nayla, the key character, is sad to flee her country. “She had left her friends there in the West; her closest friend, with whom she had shared the worst moments … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged Amazon, basement, Beirut, bombing, book, Cairo, Canada, characters, chichikir, ChK, civil war, civilians, CTV, Debra Arbec, disappointment, discontent, disturbance, Egypt, flee, friend, Hayat, hospital, innocent, Lebanon, Maha, Middle East, Montreal, Nayla, pity, plot, prayers, Robert Fisk, shelling, story, suffer, The Lost I, thoughts, war, writer | 2 Comments

Shame, shame, shame

Posted on January 16, 2011 by chichikir

My first encounter with the Giller prize was in 2006 when I watched the prize on Bravo TV. It was also the first time I heard about it. Before that my favorite Canadian authors were Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, M.G. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged Alexander McLeod, Ali Smith, Alice Munro, Amazon, bestseller, book, Bravo TV, Canada, Canadian literature, Casablanca, ceremony, Chapters Indigo, characters, chichikir, ChK, Claire Messud, Coach House Books, comments, Concordia, controversy, critic, David Bergen, disappointment, discontent, Doris Giller, excerpt, fiction, Giller, Giller Prize, gossip, Harper Collins, Jack Rabinovitch, Jacob Sheier, Johanna Skibsrud, Joseph Boyden, Kathleen Winter, Linden MacIntyre, M. G. Vassanji, Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant, Michael Ondaatje, Montreal, Mordecai Richler, plot, prestige, prize, Rawi Hage, reader, Sarah Selecky, scandal, Scotiabank, story, The Sentimentalists, Toronto, Vietnam, writer | 5 Comments

Recycling Titles

Posted on January 3, 2011 by chichikir

What is a Book Title? The Reader’s Digest Universal Dictionary defines ‘Title’ as ‘an identifying name given to a book.’ Webster’s Ninth New College Dictionary defines it as ‘the distinguishing name of a written, printed or filmed production.’ While the … Continue reading →

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