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A production of the good folks at the Midland Cultural Centre, here’s a longish onstage interview I did back in July led by the wonderful and talented Fred Hacker. He has a way of putting you at ease and keeping us on track without you even noticing. Quite a gift! This interview is quite sweeping in its scope as we talk about everything from my childhood and education, to my career path and writing life. It’s long, but it’s here if you’re up for it, in whole or in part.
In the spring of 2022, I started a newsletter, Terry Fallis: A Novel Journey, for avid readers and aspiring writers. I use Substack as my newsletter platform and it makes it very easy for you to subscribe. I have been, and will be, writing about various aspects of the writing life including my own unorthodox journey to the published land, encounters with other writers, my own novels, my writing process, and my writing travels, among other related topics. I hope you’ll find them interesting, entertaining, even funny at times. I’m enjoying writing them. It’ll give you a view behind the scenes, an inside look at the life of a practicing novelist in Canada. You can check out what you’ve missed, and subscribe here so that all future newsletters arrive in your inbox. (You can also just click the photo above or the button below.)
In my last post, I wrote about appearing again on Shelagh Rogers’ wonderful weekly show on CBC Radio One, The Next Chapter. Well in the days after it aired, Operation Angus, which, after six months, had dropped off the Canadian Fiction bestsellers list, made a triumphant return. That’s the power of Shelagh Rogers. I’m grateful!
I’ve had the very great pleasure of spending time with the wonderful Shelagh Rogers, host of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter many times in the last 14 years since McClelland & Stewart published my first novel. We’ve hung out at various literary festivals from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Woody Point, Newfoundland, and I’ve been on her flagship show, The Next Chapter on three or four occasions over the years. What I’ve always loved about Shelagh is that she is the same person “off the air” as when she’s in front of the microphone interviewing Canadian writers. The very same person. Thoughtful, charming, curious, engaged, and lovely in every way. The latest evidence is my interview with her on The Next Chapter that aired this past Saturday. You can hear it here or click on the image below. Thank you, Shelagh!
Operation Angus is still lurking on the national Canadian fiction bestsellers list, at least according to CBC Books. It even slipped up a place to #9. May it continue at least through the holiday shopping season!
I was thrilled to see Operation Angus on the CBC’s list of Best Canadian Books for 2021. I was honestly not expecting to see it there but was just scrolling through the list when up it popped.
Here’s the full list or click on the graphic above. I’m certainly awed by the company I’m somehow keeping.
I’ve been involved with the 1000 Islands Writers Festival for several years now and always enjoy my visits to beautiful Ganaonque. After a devastating house fire, the wonderful owners of Beggars Banquet Books, Alison Dunn and Tom Stormonth, who lead the team organizing the festival, could sure use your help. The best way to support them is to visit the book store in Gananoque or order a book from them at www.beggarsbanquetbooks.com and have it shipped to you. Thanks so much for helping out in a very challenging time for Alison and Tom.
After having dropped off almost all of the national bestsellers lists a couple of weeks ago, Operation Angus slips back on this week three months after it launched. No complaints here. And the holiday shopping season is just around the corner.
After nearly three months at various positions near the top of multiple national bestsellers lists, Operation Angus seems finally to have fallen out of the top 10 (at least for now). This is one of the longest bestseller runs among my novels, so I’m thrilled and grateful. It’s altogether possible that the imminent retail frenzy of the holiday season may boost the novel back into the top 10, but I’m not holding my breath. I do want to thank Canadians from coast to coast to coast for their support of Operation Angus, particularly in the face of friendly competition from so many Canadian blockbuster titles that entered the market around the same time, oh yes, and that small matter of the pandemic. I’ve received dozens of emails from readers across the country and have tried to respond to every one of them. I couldn’t have asked for more. I’ve had lots of events, mainly virtual, with plenty more scheduled to keep pushing the book (in a friendly, no-pressure way). Onwards!
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