Penguin (Canada) Book Club

Featured Selections: What They Wanted

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:10:03 +0000

What They Wanted, Donna Morrissey�s fourth novel, is set in two very different yet similarly severe environments: the depleted, seabattered outport of Hampden, Newfoundland, and the nightmarish atmosphere of an Alberta oil rig. While vividly revealing the hardship and beauty of these worlds, Morrissey explores how members of the Now family (first introduced in her award-winning book Sylvanus Now) grapple with notions of home, love, regret, and forgiveness.

Featured Author: Shandi Mitchell

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:15:00 +0000

Shandi Mitchell is an award�winning Canadian director and screenwriter. Her first short film, Gasoline Puddles, received the Drama Prize from Canada�s National Screen Institute. She has been a creative and producing partner in Emotion Pictures, where she collaborated on the critically acclaimed feature films The Hanging Garden and Beefcake.

Next Pick: Lee Henderson

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

This first rule of The Man Game is talk about The Man Game. The second rule of The Man Game is talk about The Man Game. Go on, tell all your friends about The Man Game. Tell your mother and father and grandparents and cousins, the man on the street and the girl next door. Tell them all that The Man Game is perhaps the greatest book about naked lumberjack wrestling they�ll ever read.

Exclusive Reads: We Are All Made of Glue, The Postmistress, Shades of Grey

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:45:00 +0000

The Exclusive Reads program is offered to Penguin Book Club members who have subscribed to our newsletter . Once per month, we randomly select recipients for our highly-limited, advance reading copies. This gives you an opportunity to read a book before it hits bookstore shelves!