October 7, 20117:30 p.m.BMO Amphitheatre, MB 1.210John Molson School of Business Building1450 Guy St., Montreal Writers Read at Concordia in collaboration with The School of Canadian Irish Studies welcomes Irish writer Roddy Doyle. One of Ireland’s most successful and accomplished contemporary writers, he has written plays, stories, children’s literature and novels, most notably The Commitments,...

October 7, 20117:30 p.m.BMO Amphitheatre, MB 1.210John Molson School of Business Building1450 Guy St., Montreal Writers Read at Concordia in collaboration with The School of Canadian Irish Studies welcomes Irish writer Roddy Doyle. One of Ireland’s most successful and accomplished contemporary writers, he has written plays, stories, children’s literature and novels, most notably The Commitments,...

I’ve been lamenting the lack of energy in Canadian fiction of late. The pace can be glacial, the gaze insular, as if by slowing time down a writer can amplify very little and make it seem about something huge. It’s not just a matter of canvas, it’s a matter of perspective, and of pace. Suzette...