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  1. Chuffed that ROOM is one of the 25 titles being given away on @WorldBookNIght UK (23 April). Literature's a gift, not just a commodity... 4:57 AM Apr 18th via web
  2. Delicious @OrangePrize shortlist: I'm a: big fan of the Madeline Miller, Ann Patchett and Esi Edugyan titles, looking forward to the rest. 1:39 AM Apr 17th via web
  3. You can read my #STEFG12 shortlisted story 'The Hunt' for free here: newstatesman.com/books/2011/01/… 7:33 AM Mar 15th via web
  4. Startled to be on @OrangePrize long list. I can fervently recommend the Edugyan, the Miller and the Patchett and look forward to the rest... 7:32 AM Mar 8th via web
  5. Chuffed to be on #stefg12 shortlist. ROOM and 'The Hunt' both dealing with rape is a coincidence, honestly - I do write about other things! 8:37 AM Mar 5th via web
  6. Canadian fans, every vote in HarperCollins's March Madness tournament is a chance to win all 64 books... #hccmarchmadness 8:32 AM Mar 5th via web
  7. Honoured to find myself on the Sunday Times short story long list with e.g. Lionel Shriver, Jackie Kay and Kevin Barry... 4:09 AM Feb 19th via Twitter for iPhone
  8. Kevin Wilson's tragicomic novel THE FAMILY FANG just made me laugh so much on a bus that other passengers thought I was crying... 11:40 PM Feb 7th via web
  9. One pound (!) gets UK/Ire/Aus/NY e-readers my mini-ebook of four uncollected stories called THREE AND A HALF DEATHS. panmacmillan.com/book/emmadonog… 12:01 AM Dec 17th, 2011 via web
  10. Michal Friedman, the bright voice of Jack in the prizewinning audio of ROOM, has died giving birth to twins. Donate: thesnydertwins.com 1:43 AM Dec 10th, 2011 via web
  11. Best class visit so far at Thurgood Marshall Academy, a D.C. public charter high school: kids can think up questions no journalist has. 8:19 AM Nov 7th, 2011 via web
  12. Particularly glad to be on Impac Longlist alongside these stunners: Cronin, French, Egan, Mitchell, Murray, Rachman, Simonson, Winter. 8:11 AM Nov 7th, 2011 via web
  13. Delighted to win W.H. Smith Paperback of the Year at the Galaxys... and full marks to first-timer S. J. Watson for seizing the Crime award. 10:31 AM Nov 5th, 2011 via web
  14. Off to London in the rain for the Galaxy Book Awards, hoping to glimpse my favourite historical fictioneer (Queen Philippa Gregory)... 1:44 AM Nov 4th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
  15. To my disbelief, ROOM's now sold over a million copies. Thanks, readers, for following a small boy into and out of a very dark place. 12:27 AM Oct 20th, 2011 via web
  16. Best book fest ever: mountains, woods, boats, and a century-old stage shared by fiery trad bands and Writers at Woody Point, Newfoundland 10:31 AM Aug 21st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
  17. Thanks American Library Association for last night's Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award for INSEPARABLE: DESIRE BETWEEN WOMEN IN LITERATURE. 6:37 AM Jun 28th, 2011 via web
  18. Best fun you can have WITHOUT winning anything: the #Orange Prize friendly gala shindig, complete with miniature chocolate caramel puddings. 3:29 PM Jun 8th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
  19. I'm a total convert to multi-voice audiobooks since the multi-awardwinning ROOM with grown woman Michal Friedman as wee Jack. #JIAM2011 10:19 AM Jun 1st, 2011 via web
  • Name Emma Donoghue
  • Location London, Ontario
  • Web http://www.emmado...
  • Bio Irish-turned-Canadian author of ROOM, THE SEALED LETTER, LANDING, TOUCHY SUBJECTS, LIFE MASK, THE WOMAN WHO, SLAMMERKIN, KISSING THE WITCH, HOOD, STIR-FRY, etc.
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