The DarkLit Festival in Oshawa is Saturday December 3.  Nick Ruddock reads at 2:30pm, then participates in a writing process panel also featuring Craig Davidson (moderator), Elizabeth J. Duncan, Joy Fielding, and Andrew Pyper
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The Parabolist in The National Post Newspaper: Toronto Book Awards Preview
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"Most of the characters in Nicholas Ruddock’s debut novel are either lamenting what they do have, longing for a more passionate existence, or are engaged in pursuit of that “something other”.  That pursuit, of whatever it may be —poetry, anatomy, a first-year medical student, oblivion, release —is at the heart of this novel." - Buried In Print Oct 12, 2011
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Two readings Sept 25 at WORD ON THE STREET, Toronto
1PM and 4:30PM at the Toronto Book Award Tent
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September 2011: The Parabolist is nominated for the 2011 Toronto Book Award

The Judges say: "Cadavers, med students, Mexican poetry and a smattering of Crisco are but a few of the ingredients in this literary page-turner. With a vivid cast of characters and evocative prose, first-time novelist Nicholas Ruddock takes us on a delirious ride through the streets of 1970s Toronto as an intricate mystery unfolds. Darkly humourous, sensual and erudite, The Parabolist is at once an auspicious debut and a sumptuous, adrenaline-fueled read." 
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The Parabolist is a finalist for Best First Crime Novel: The Arthur Ellis Prize 2011
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The Parabolist is out in paperback
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Find The Parabolist in bookstores across Canada.  Or you can order it online at Amazon.ca, Chapters.ca, or from the RandomHouse website
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Read reviews on the Press page
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Amazon named The Parabolist one of the Best Books of the Month for February 2010
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View the photo gallery of the book launch at the Bookshelf in Guelph. By Anuta Skrypnychenko
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