Grace O’Connell is the author of the novel Magnified World (Random House Canada, 2012) and works as a writer and editor in Toronto. For more on Grace, please click here. Happy Reading!
Recent Recommended Reads
It’s warming up in Toronto, which means one thing: SUMMER READS. Is there anything better than lying in the Grange or in the sand on Ward Island or basically anywhere … Continue reading
Kingston!
I’m in Kingston tonight and tomorrow, reading as part of the excellent THRIVE series and at my beloved alma mater, Queen’s. Tonight is Thrive at the Grad Club at 8:00pm … Continue reading
Profile in Taddle Creek
The fantastic Conan Tobias at Taddle Creek is one of the best editors in the business for my money. So I was pretty excited to be profiled in Taddle Creek (and to be working … Continue reading
Canada Writes: My Reader Interview
Before the holidays, I served as a reader for the CBC Canada Writes short story contest (readers make the first round of cuts, after which the jury makes the final … Continue reading
Best Lyrics of the Year (an unbooky post)
This isn’t strictly bookish, but it’s fun and involves two of my favourite things: music and CBC. The CBC Music folks asked me and several other writer/editor types to pick … Continue reading
Magnified World interview on Salty Ink
Chad Pelley is an award-winning writer and the creative mind behind the excellent book blog Salty Ink. The other day, he sent me some really great questions about Magnified World. The resulting interview is posted … Continue reading
Video from ELLE Canada Fashion Dare
The lovely people at ELLE Canada have posted a short video taken during the photoshoot for the October 2012 issue of the magazine (where they featured me in their recurring feature “Fashion … Continue reading
Book Club Questions for Magnified World
I’ve had a few notes asking for questions that book clubs could use to organize discussions around Magnified World. I love book clubs and I’ve put together a list below. There are … Continue reading
My Short Story in the Globe & Mail
This Saturday, the back of the Arts section of the Globe & Mail featured a verrrry short story I wrote a little while ago. It’s not even 1000 words, but … Continue reading
The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers!!
Growing up, CBC Radio 1 played in my house pretty much morning until evening everyday. So this interview, chatting with the amazing Shelagh Rogers for CBC’s The Next Chapter, was … Continue reading
IFOA Blog Interview
The International Festival of Authors at the Harbourfront Centre is basically the anchor of the whole fall book season in the Toronto. I’m chuffed to be included this year in … Continue reading
ELLE Canada Fashion Dare!
The very nice people at ELLE Canada invited me to participate in a series called “Fashion Dare”, where a regular person (that’s me), test drives a new and upcoming trend. … Continue reading
Final Hazlitt Post: The Hanged Man
My final post for Random House’s Hazlitt site is about tarot cards. I learned quite a lot about them while I was writing Magnified World. In fact, reading about tarot was one … Continue reading
Dirty Little Secret
My second post for the Random House’s Hazlitt site is up! It’s about the strange and somewhat nerve-wracking process of learning to actually call myself a writer (something which still … Continue reading
Getting Lucky
Random House kindly invited me to guest blog for their online magazine, Hazlitt, this week, and my first post is about a white squirrel and the nature of luck. I … Continue reading
Random House Launches Hazlitt; I chat with Steven Heighton!
So my publisher, Random House Canada, has launched a fantastic new online publication, Hazlitt, which is already chock full of excellent content (the site is named after essayist William Hazlitt, who … Continue reading
Magnified World on Women’s Post: Fiction for You
Danielle Christopher of the Women’s Post was kind enough to include Magnified World in her Fiction for You list. The list also features recent titles by John Irving, Mark Haddon and … Continue reading
