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Uptown Magazine calls Leo Brent Robillard's "very fine third novel," Drift, " a powerful story of a sometimes-forgotten piece of Canadian history." Reviewer Quentin Mills-Fenn concludes: "Robillard is a writer who’s going places." Please read full review here.
Arlene Smith gives four stars to Leo Brent Robillard's novel, Drift: "His books are literary works with a poetic feel that comes through even when he is describing the shattering effects of combat. Drift is a beautifully written story of a war that hasn't been explored to the same extent as the World Wars." Please see full review here.
The Brockville Recorder and Times published a review and interview with Leo Brent Robillard, author of the new Boer War drama, Drift. In the December 18th article, the reporter said, "Robillard's powers of description are poetic, while his action is tight, forceful, compelling. In Will he has created a sympathetic character who matures into a man in just a few short months."
Leo Brent Robillard reading at Loyalist Golf & Country Club Art Show & Sale
Sunday, December 11th
Art Show and Sale
Loyalist Golf & Country Club
1 Loyalist BLVD
Leo Brent Robillard will read from his new novel Drift as part of the events at the Art Show and Sale at the Loyalist Golf & Country Club.
The Art Show and Sale starts at 3:00 p.m. and Robillard's reading will take place at 5:15 p.m. A Prime Rib Dinner will follow at 6:00 p.m.
Novel's pacing gives sense of living in war zone -- Drift by Leo Brent Robillard reviewed in Winnipeg Free Press:
"The narrative's pacing gives a sense of what it's like to live in a war zone. It's a slow momentum punctuated by sudden incidents of violence.... [Robillard's] prose is economical without being sparse, tending toward short sentences, even sentence fragments. It's a style somewhat reminiscent of Hemingway, and it suits his subject well."
- Joanne Epp, Winnipeg Free Press
To read full review, visit http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/novels-pacing-gives-sense-of-living-in-war-zone-133287708.html
Leo Brent Robillard reading at the pre-Ottawa Small Press Book Fair
Friday, November 4, 7:00 pm
The Carleton Tavern
223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale; upstairs)
Ottawa, ON
Check out Leo Brent Robillard's responses to Rob McLennan's 12 or 20 questions: http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2011/10/12-or-20-questions-second-series-with_16.html
Join Leo Brent Robillard for the Ottawa launch of Drift
Wednesday, Nocember 9, 7:00 pm
Collected Works
1242 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON
Advance Praise for Drift: "Robillard gets it, and he gets it right." -- Wayne Grady
Leo Brent Robillard signing copies of Drift at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair
Saturday, November 5, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre
(on Elgin, at 320 JackPurcell Lane)
Ottawa, ON
Leo Brent Robillard has made his way onto Rob McLennan's Blog for 12 or 20 questions. It looks like it worked out to be 20 questions for Robillard who answers everything from what scent reminds him of home to his writing process. To read the full interview visit: http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2011/10/12-or-20-questions-second-series-with_16.html
