CBC Winter Reading List
CBC Books has drawn up a list of twelve books to banish winter blues and included His Whole Life as one of the twelve. For the full list click here.
BBC Radio Essay
As part of a week-long series of radio essays called "Art in a Cold Climate" on BBC 3, I was one of five writers from five different northern countries given the task 'to select and reflect on a work of art which in some way captures the essence of their nation.' A...
NOW Magazine
A four N review by Susan G. Cole of His Whole Life in Toronto's NOW Magazine calls the novel "superb," "a poignant portrait of a complex family dealing with loss and regret." Well, to be accurate, she says, "nevertheless superb," because she takes exception to one of...
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Finalist
It was a great pleasure to have His Whole Life on the shortlist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, 2015. The jury's citation reads: Set on the cusp of personal and national change, His Whole Life is a resonant and penetrating novel that explores the complex...
Interview by Shelagh Rogers
Shelagh Rogers did an on-stage interview with me about His Whole Life for The First Chapter, her CBC Radio books program. We spoke on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Woody Point Writers' Festival in Woody Point, Newfoundland. Listen to our conversation here.
Globe and Mail Interview
The Globe and Mail interviewed me about His Whole Life and about which books have meant the most to me. The first question they asked was why I wrote my new novel (later I got to talk about big-band music, Pauline Kael's fearless movie reviews, and a sexy porcupine):...
Quill & Quire
Dory Cerny in Quill & Quire writes that "after eight books, a couple of Governor General's Literary Award nominations, and a Scotiabank Giller Prize (for 2007's Late Nights on Air) to her credit, readers have come to expect a certain level of excellence from Hay,...
Toronto Star
Nancy Wigston in the Toronto Star writes: "In His Whole Life, Elizabeth Hay returns to the theme of duality, that tug between north and south that haunts her fiction. How lucky we are to have her, this writer who stares down the tough issues in life -- whether...
Already A Bestseller
Published only a week ago, on August 11, His Whole Life is already on the Globe and Mail's best seller list for fiction. Hurray. And now -- as of August 18 -- it's #3 on the best seller list in Macleans.
Macleans
In Macleans magazine Dilia Narduzzi reviews His Whole Life: "Hay writes an expansive novel about the meaning of loyalty, friendship, and choosing between staying and going. While there's plenty to sink your teeth into -- the intense relationships between humans and...