From the press release:
The Walrus Foundation continues to support and promote great Canadian writing by introducing Walrus Ebooks. This new monthly series launches with three titles:Margaret Atwood’s I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth, Heather O’Neill’s And They Danced by the Light of the Moon, and Joseph Boyden’s Kikwaakew. The Walrus magazine first published these original short stories in its July/August 2012 Summer Reading issue, and they will only be available digitally as ebooks, for just $1.99.
For a limited time, starting Tuesday, June 26, readers can purchase The Walrus Summer Reader—a special edition volume containing all three stories—exclusively from the iBookstore, for just $3.99. This long weekend special is only available until July 3. The iBookstore is available via the free iBooks App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and at www.itunes.com/iBookstore.
Ebooks have exploded, and more than ever readers are looking for great content for their mobile devices.Walrus Ebooks will present a series of singles and anthologies of the best Canadian writing from the pages of The Walrus. From now until the end of the year, Walrus Ebooks will publish two fiction titles a month, featuring such authors as Steven Heighton and Pasha Malla.
“Making content from The Walrus available in as many forms and on as many platforms as possible, including ebooks, allows us to continue fulfilling our mandate: to support Canadian writers, artists, readers, and debate with a high standard of journalism, fiction, poetry, essays, and more—however readers might want to consume it,” says Shelley Ambrose, co-publisher of The Walrus magazine and executive director of the charitable, non-profit Walrus Foundation.
Walrus Ebooks offer readers worldwide a unique opportunity to discover Canadian writers and new pieces by their favourite authors. According to BookNet Canada’s consumer research, in March 2012, 17 percent of books purchased in Canada were electronic.
Walrus Ebooks will be available online wherever ebooks are sold. All Walrus Ebooks will be DRM-free when available.
Walrus Ebooks are distributed by Coach House Books.
“Congratulations to the Walrus for plunging into the swirling e-waters. Walruses feed on giant clams. May many giant clams be yours! So to speak.”—Margaret Atwood
“Walrus Ebooks will not only promote the great writing in The Walrus, but will extend the Canadian conversation to the world.”—Don Tapscott, author of Macrowikinomics; speaker and adviser on media, technology, and innovation
About the first three Walrus Ebooks
The Walrus asked three celebrated authors to revisit characters we have loved—or loved to hate.Heather O’Neill takes us back to the birth of Lullabies for Little Criminals, the novel Canada read in 2007. Joseph Boyden walks again with Xavier Bird, twenty-five years after the war of his prizewinning Three Day Road. And Margaret Atwood revives The Robber Bride, in more ways than one.
I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth, by Margaret Atwood
EPUB ISBN: 9780987998910
Kindle ISBN: 9780987998927
PDF ISBN: 9780987998903
Word count: 4,299“Long ago, when they were all a lot younger, Zenia stole a man from each of them. Then she died. Now she’s come back. Or has she? There’s a lot more than one kind of ghost.”
Margaret Atwood has written more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her most recent is In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.
Praise for The Robber Bride:
“A remarkable achievement, constantly entertaining and intriguing.”—The Ottawa Citize
“Deserves every superlative we can muster from hilarious to wise.…A genuine tour de force, witty and original, suspenseful and sagacious.”—Booklist
Kikwaakew, by Joseph Boyden
EPUB ISBN: 9780987998941
Kindle ISBN: 9780987998958
PDF ISBN: 9780987998965
Word count: 5,684“Niska is trying to tell Xavier something from far away, something important. She’s done this before.”
Joseph Boyden divides his time between Northern Ontario and teaching at the University of New Orleans. His novel Three Day Road made the short list for the Governor General’s Literary Award.
Praise for Three Day Road:
“Three Day Road is as fine a novel as I have seen during the five years I have been reading first novels.”—W.P. Kinsella, Books in Canada
“A powerful tale of two young men numbed by the horrors and brutality of trench warfare. Boyden vividly portrays the chaos, fear, cowardice and courage of infantrymen condemned to wallow in the mud and blood of the Western Front.”—Publisher’s Weekly starred review
And They Danced by the Light of the Moon, by Heather O’Neill
EPUB ISBN: 9780987998972
Kindle ISBN: 9780987998989
PDF ISBN: 9780987998996
Word count: 5,437“There are some people who know when they are in love, and there are some people who don’t. Jules was the type of person who knew when he was in love. Manon was the type of person who did not.”
Heather O’Neill has written a new novel, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night. Her debut novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, won the CBC’s Canada Reads contest in 2007.
Praise for Lullabies for Little Criminals:
“This is a nuanced, endearing coming-of-age novel you won’t want to miss.”—Heather Burrell, Quill and Quire
ABOUT THE WALRUS FOUNDATION
The Walrus Foundation is a charitable non-profit organization with a mandate to promote public debate on matters vital to Canadians. The foundation is dedicated to supporting Canadian writers, artists, readers, education, and debate. We achieve these goals across many platforms: publishing The Walrus magazine ten times a year; hosting debates, leadership dinners, speakers’ series, and other events across the country; publishing original high-quality digital content at walrusmagazine.com; through such digital projects as the Walrus Laughs; by partnering with eqhd to producing documentaries and other programming at walrustv.ca; and by publishing ebooks of the best works by Canada’s finest writers. We also run an intensive internship program that trains the next generation of leaders in media, the arts, non-profit development, and the digital world.
For further information about the Walrus Foundation, contact
David Leonard, (416) 971-5004, ext. 222 | david.leonard@walrusmagazine.com
For more information about Walrus Ebooks, contact
Nic Boshart, (416) 971-5004, ext. 245 | nic.boshart@walrusmagazine.com
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Miranda Newman
The Walrus Foundation
(416) 971 – 5004 x. 227
miranda.newman@walrusmagazine.com
