Congrats, Leslie!

My friend Leslie Shimotakahara's new book THE READING LIST has been released! The launch was held on Tuesday 14 February at the Japan Foundation. It was a hit! My review of THE READING LIST is now on Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/285358127

My literary non-fiction piece is now online at http://www.lindaleith.com/posts/view/104

Exile Editions Award Dinner at Turf Lounge in Toronto last night, with Gloria Vanderbilt herself. My story which was long-listed for the award will appear in the later issue of Exile Quarterly.

Long-listed!!!

My short story, "The Man Who Sells Clouds" has been long-listed for the Gloria Vanderbilt Short Fiction Award. http://www.exilequarterly.com/quarterly/

Indian Voices

My writer friend Mayank Bhatt's fourth publication is out. Congrats, Mayank!

TSAR 2010 Annual Launch Party was held on November 24th at the Gladstone Hotel. Unfortunately I couldn't make it on time and missed most of the readings. I was there last 10 minutes; it's always nice to see the audience laugh during the reading. It was also nice to see many of my writer friends. I love the Gladstone...

Exile's first Autumn launch & readings event

Last week I went to Exile's first Autumn launch & readings event at Dora Keogh Irish pub on Danforth.
The readings of Exile’s new authors, Antony Di Nardo, Marianne Apostolides and Greg Kearney were all great; they were already great performers and did their readings with dignity and humor.


The literature legend, Katherine Govier was also there for her reading. She showed me her own copy of her latest novel, the Ghost Brush, in which many marks, even changes, were added, for her own use, to make her reading better. Even the greatest writer like Katherine still continues to improve her own work. I’m so impressed. Yes, writing is all about re-writing, never ending…