Fiction: Neil Smith & Steve Tolz

Neil Smith is a Montreal writer. He has won an honourable mention at the National Magazine Awards, first prize at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, and was nominated for the Journey Prize three times. His writing has appeared in The Journey Prize Stories, Coming Attractions 04, The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, Fiddlehead and Maisonneuve. He reads from his collection: Bang Crunch


“Neil Smith's BANG CRUNCH is a terrific and entirely original debut. In these nine stories, which are at once funny and profound, ardent and spare, Smith explores the upheaval of intimacy and the aftermath of loss, and, in doing so, he leaves you laughing as he breaks your heart.” —Richard McCann, author of Mother of Sorrows -
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Steve Toltz was born in Sydney and has lived in Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Barcelona, and Paris, working as a cameraman, telemarketer, security guard, private investigator, English teacher, and screenwriter. A Fraction of the Whole is his first novel.
He reads from his novel: A Fraction of the Whole


“This hilarious, sneaky smart first novel is as big and rangy as Australia . . . Toltz salts it all with uproarious ruminations on freedom, the soul, love, death, and the meaning of life. This is one rampaging and irresistible debut.” —Booklist, starred review

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Suzanne Dottino
Fiction Curator

Suzanne@KGBBAR.COM