The Toronto Book Awards were established by City Council in 1974, and have honoured Torontoish books of literary or artistic merit ever since. The Awards Committee, Camilla Holland, Brian Jantzi, Winona McMorrow, Sarah Rotering and Herman Silochan, recently announced this year’s nominations. Your 2007 shortlist is: Sally Gibson’s Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s to 1920s (Cormorant) Geoffrey James’s book of photographs, Toronto (Douglas & McIntyre) Vincent Lam’s novel, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (Doubleday Canada)......

It's 1:42 a.m. You're finally finished replying to e-mails.You settle down to continue that novel that you've been writing for, what, six, seven years now? But now you have a headache. The faucet is dripping and you can't concentrate. You eye the "To File" pile of papers on your desk and figure it wont hurt to make the stack smaller. By the time you're finished, it's pushing 3 a.m. and you didn't write a single......

Torontoist, in reality being totally above caring about the Britney Spears divorce, is only excited that Toronto Doctor Vincent Lam won the Giller Prize for his first collection of short stories, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. Torontoist reviewed the book way back in the day. Meanwhile, a survey suggests that 4% of Ontarians aged 18-34 believe they can make a living playing poker, while another survey would have us believe that violent crime is the number......

Torontoist isn’t sure where Vincent Lam finds the time to write. The 31-year old author just recently published his first book of short stories, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, he’s got a novel and a non-fiction book about pandemic influenza coming out next year. Oh, he’s also an emergency room physician at Toronto East General. Well, whatever he’s secret, we’re glad that Lam is writing. His short stories are inspired by his experiences in medicine;......