May 16, 2017 | HWL-Review, News Item, Postings, Review
Isabel Costello from the Literary Sofa, one of the best fiction blogs in the UK, included His Whole Life in her roundup of the best Spring 2017 titles. Now she has gilded the lily by featuring the novel with a review, several photos, and a posting by me. For the full...
Dec 22, 2015 | His Whole Life, News Item, Postings
His Whole Life made the Top 10 Books of 2015 in NOW Toronto Magazine, with this citation: “Hay’s expertly realized novel, set during the 1955 Quebec referendum, is a poignant portrait of a complex family dealing with loss and regret, riffing on a 10...
Dec 7, 2015 | His Whole Life, News Item, Postings
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.
Nov 16, 2015 | HWL-Review, Press Coverage, Review
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...
Oct 6, 2015 | His Whole Life, News Item, Postings
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...
Sep 22, 2015 | Featured Media Audio, His Whole Life, Press Coverage, Reader Resources
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...
