BookShorts VIDEO: Neil Smith on BANG CRUNCH

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Neil Smith in the person belies his personae on the page. Or perhaps that's just part of the eloquent deception that happens to be his self. Whether he is truely skewed or just skewers readers' expectations, his is an intriguing first collection.

Testament to Louise Denny's graceful guidance in developing talent through the New Faces of Fiction program, and to the finger-on-the-pulse talent of Knopf Canada whose publishers are Louise and Diane Martin, and to Michael Schellenberg who edited the work.  I concur with all of the 25 interviewers that Neil had spoken to by the time he did his reading from BANG CRUNCH at Toronto's Harbourfront series.

And happily, an author that cares enough to follow his theatrical muses to deliver a stage performance that engages as much as the writing. It's an easy segue onto the silver screen, Jaybird is just begging for a treatment.

Mr. Smith -- prepare for another 25 *hundred* interviews!

(and thank you Sharon, for setting us up :)

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