George Murray

(Founding Editor, Publisher)

George is poet, editor, and father. His latest book is The Rush to Here (Nightwood, 2007). Previous work includesThe Hunter (M&S, 2003) and The Cottage Builder’s Letter (M&S, 2001). His poetry, criticism and fiction have appeared in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies in North America, Europe and Australia. In the last ten years he’s lived in Toronto, rural Italy, Manhattan, Guelph, Toronto and St. John’s — in that order.

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Bookninja is the premier Canadian literary site, and one of the top literary sites in the world. It is frequented by thousands of people from all around the globe and has become a nexus for literary news and opinion. Our unique look, content, and acerbic presentation have garnered notice from mainstream media and literary personalities alike.The Bookninja Magazine presents original articles and reviews as well has humour and general interest pieces. It is a space open to suggestion, so please write us if you have an idea. The Litterati comics (currently on creative hiatus), “drawn” by founding ninja Murray, are also quite popular. But the newslog (Hearsay) on the front page is what draws thousands of readers daily. Here people are invited to read the commentary, link to the stories, and then come back and discuss the issues on our message boards.

We’ve recently gone through some structural changes, and much of the content of the former site has yet to be restored, so if you haven’t been here in a while and are looking for older essays and reviews, you may have to wait for a bit.

NOTE: DO NOT SEND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS OR BOOKS TO THE EDITORS THROUGH THEIR PERSONAL ADDRESSES OR C/O THEIR PUBLISHERS. If you want to send books for review consideration, . Thanks.

(At Bookninja we occasionally do inverse omnibus reviews—where two to four reviewers concentrate on one book. There are no space restrictions and there is very little editing. Ideally we want to capture the candid nature of discussions that might go on between a few of your friends at a bar—educated, articulate, if somewhat slurred. This is where you get your most honest, believable reviews— plucked from the shouted mayhem of a casual shooting of the proverbial shit. We also invites guest reviewers to help discuss the books at hand. An orgy of literary fun. If you’d like to be a guest reviewer, or know of a book you think would suit the site and format, please email us at the address below. Like all good orgies, however, we do not accept unsolicited advances from lone reviewers. Bring a date or stay home.)

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Peter Darbyshire

(Former Co-Editor)

Peter’s writing has appeared in publications across North America. His novel, Please (read an excerpt of Please here), won the K.M. Hunter Award for Best Emerging Writer and Canada’s Relit Award for Best Novel, and was featured on CTV. He has lived in Toronto and Ottawa and currently resides in Vancouver where he is the books page editor for the Vancouver Province. Peter left Bookninja in the spring of 2006 to devote more time to his novel-in-progress.

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

(Former Magazine Editor)

Kathryn lives in Toronto with her husband and their three sons. She is the author of Way Up, a collection of stories and The Nettle Spinner, a novel. Her reviews and feature articles have appeared in various national newspapers and magazines. She has friends who say she’s nice.