While doing some spring cleaning an envelope full of ticket stubs shuffled up to the surface; I scanned a number of them here:
The envelope had stayed in the back of a drawer where I’d thrown it right after moving into my apartment ten years ago, one of those things I never looked at but never […]
A Fine Ending disappeared from amazon.ca’s rankings for a few weeks after the first printing sold out in March, but after being back in print for about a month, it has raced back up the rankings. As of May 8, it sits at number 11 on the Canadian short stories chart, and number 86 on […]
Louis Rastelli will be presenting excerpts from his novel, A Fine Ending, in person at Montreal’s Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival on Sunday, May 4 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The event is hosted by Marianne Ackerman and also features readings by Mary Soderstrom, Nigel Thomas, Issa J. Boullata and Sanja Domazet. Tickets are […]
In case anyone is having trouble finding a copy of A Fine Ending, please note that the first printing is almost sold out. It is currently listed as unavailable on most online sites (such as amazon.ca or the chapters-indigo online site), but will become available again in about a month. In the meantime, copies can […]
There is a review of Louis Rastelli’s novel, A Fine Ending, in the Globe and Mail, available online here. Excerpt:
“A Fine Ending reads like a middle-of-the-night yarn from a slightly stoned scribe who has set himself the task of telling everybody’s story - for a laugh or at least a smile. Yet hovering overhead is […]
Louis Rastelli’s Distroboto project is celebrating its 7th anniversary on Friday, Jan. 25, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. at Salla Rossa, 4848 St-Laurent.
It is a benefit show for the non-profit project which involves former cigarette machines selling local art, music, books, comics, short films and crafts for $2.00 in various cafés and bars around […]
A Fine Ending was reviewed in last Sunday’s Halifax Daily News (click to see review). The paper also ran an interview with Louis Rastelli (available here). There is a longer version of this interview available on the journalist’s personal blog, right here.
From the review:
“Louis Rastelli’s debut novel, A Fine Ending, is a captivating tale of […]
A very positive review in the Montreal Gazette is now online. Some excerpts:
“Although Louis Rastelli’s A Fine Ending is written in a smooth, flowing style reminiscent of J.D. Salinger or Jacques Poulin, that doesn’t fully explain the novel’s appeal, which is voyeuristic as well as literary This roman à clef pulls back the curtain on […]
Here is an interview with Louis Rastelli that aired on CKUT Radio’s Friday Morning After show on November 23, 2007. Click on the file to listen; right-click and select “save as” to save each part as an MP3 file.
CKUT Interview Pt. 1, Nov. 23, 2007
CKUT Interview Pt. 2, Nov. 23, 2007
CKUT Interview Pt. 3, Nov. […]
Here’s a photo from the New Year’s 2000 fireworks on Mont-Royal, as seen from Jeanne-Mance park, just off Esplanade. Click on the image to see it full size, and let me know if you have any photos of that evening yourself! It would be fun to post more of them here… (and pardon the weird […]