English 101 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

As a girl who’s constantly looking for reading challenges, joining them, creating them, and then failing miserably (see My Tragic Right Hip for proof), I’m glad that one’s come along that I’ll actually be able to tackle. Enter English 101 from The Olive Reader, HarperPerennial’s blog. (more…)

Order the Fish

The excellent P.S. Section from the Olive Edition of Eric Schlosser’s bestselling Fast Food Nation contains a fascinating article the author originally wrote for Vanity Fair. (more…)

The Sylvan Lake Library Book Club Reads The Letter Opener

When we launched our Perennial site here in Canada, we did so with a splash: a contest where a book club could win books for a year. Well, the winners of that club — The Sylvan Lake Library Book Club — have read their first book. They were kind enough to send us their thoughts, and then even kinder to let us reprint them here. (more…)

“Ninety-three Million Miles Away” by Barbara Gowdy

Barbara Gowdy’s wholly unique style permeates her short story collection, We So Seldom Look on Love. In “Ninety-three Million Miles Away,” housewife Ali relentlessly pursues an ever-elusive sense of personal satisfaction and accomplishment. (more…)

“Miss Fatt and Miss Thinne” by Michel Faber

In Some Rain Must Fall, Michel Faber weaves together 15 short stories that are anchored by his radically inventive and often surreal style, yet remain radically diverse. (more…)

Anne Giardini’s Advice for Happiness

“I always absolutely knew I would write,” says Anne Giardini in the P.S. section of The Sad Truth About Happiness.

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1001 Books: A Reading List

There’s a whole community of readers out there who have picked up the challenge in terms of the hugely popular 1001 Books You Must Read  Before You Die list. (more…)

Joel Thomas Hynes Knows Himself Better Than He Thinks

Joel Thomas Hynes comes from a small town called Calvert along the Southern Shore of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula. Hemmed in by spruce and rock, a collapsed fishery, a disgraced church — the usual fixings. (more…)

From the British Library to Loose Women

An international bestseller, Emma Donoghue’s Slammerkin started off as a short story. Here, the author outlines how it grew into a worldwide sensation. (more…)

Summer is Short — Read a Story

HarperPerennial celebrates the short story this summer. Buy some. Read some. Talk some. (more…)