Vincent Lam, Gail Anderson-Dargatz on CBC's The Next Chapter

Dr. Vincent Lam talks with Shelagh Rogers on the May 14 edition of CBC's The Next Chapter. In the same episode, Shelagh interviews Gail Anderson-Dargatz and Majorie Anderson on the innovative collaborative novel project At The Edge.

In this month's guest blog on this site,Vincent Lam talks about just how much "letting go" is involved in writing a novel. Click on 'guest blogs' to the left to view.

Dr. Lam's first novel The Headmaster's Wager, about a Chinese compulsive gambler and headmaster of an English school in Saigon during the Vietnam War, is published by Doubleday Canada.

Dr. Lam's first book, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and has recently been adapted for television and broadcast on HBO Canada.

Dr. Lam co-authored The Flu Pandemic And You, a non-fiction guide to influenza pandemics. Dr. Lam's biography of Tommy Douglas is published by Penguin Canada as part of Extraordinary Canadians series.

Commercial and literary fiction

NYT bestselling author Kelley Armstrong and Gail Anderson-Dargatz offer their insights into the differences between writing the commercial novel and writing the literary novel. Click on "Gail's desk" and "Guest blogs" to your left.

Spring Guest Blogs

Our spring line-up of guest blog writers includes June Hutton in March; NYT bestselling author Kelly Armstrong in April; Giller Prize winner Vincent Lam in May; and Frances Itani in June. Click on "guest blogs" to the left to view our whole list of guest blog authors.

Lilian Nattel guest blogs

Lilian Nattel offers a few hints on time management for writers in her guest blog. Click on guest blogs to the left to view. Lilian's new novel Web of Angels hits the shelves February 28. For more, visit her website.