Our
guest this week is James Fisher of Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Those
of us that know James, know how much he loves to read. He also enjoys sharing his thoughts about the books
he
reads (both
fiction and non-fiction)
and is the owner of the splendid review website – The Miramichi
Reader.
Visit his website here.
Visit his website here.
He
is kind enough to participate in a 4Q Interview.
I
was born in Kingston Ontario. After finishing high school there and
loafing around at various jobs, I met the woman who is now my wife
(of 31 years) who encouraged me to get a career. So I did. I am a
Medical Radiation Technologist as well as an MRI Technologist. After
living and working in Toronto for about twenty years we chose to move
to the east coast to Miramichi where I work at the Miramichi Regional
Hospital.
4Q:
How did the Miramichi Reader begin James.

4Q:
On your website you’ve created The Very Best Book Awards. How did
this come about and tell us briefly about this years winners.

This
year's winners were fortunate: I actually had a little gift for them!
A small Miramichi business that makes soap and candles generously
supplied the award in the form of a small book with a bar of
"Miramichi Sunrise" inside.
As
for this year's winners, I had to narrow it down to three categories:
Best Fiction, Best Non-Fiction and Best New Book (Fiction or
Non-fiction). There were also "Notable Achievement"
winners, one in each category.
The
three main winners were: Catherine Graham for her novel (her first):
Quarry, Melanie Grondin for Best First Book for her book on the life
of stained glass artist Guido Nincheri, and Lorri Nielsen Glenn for
her memoir Following the River (Best Non-Fiction).
4Q:
Please share a childhood anecdote or memory.

4Q:
How does The Miramichi Reader decide which books to review? Can you
be contacted by authors to have their book reviewed?
JF:
Sometimes I pick the books, other times the publishers will send
books they want me to review. I have sought out small publishers and
contacted them. They are always eager to have their books reviewed, I
have found. The same with authors who contact me (via my Contact
page). While I may not accept fiction books from time to time (due to
a large TBR stack) I do encourage authors to at least contact me,
even if I cannot get to their books in a timely manner.
4Q:
Any last thoughts you want to share?
JF:
I am so thankful for the all the wonderful authors, publicists and
publishers I have met over The Miramichi Reader's brief existence.
They have been generous with their books, their time and their social
media support. It makes it all worthwhile to hear an author or a
small press publisher tell you how much they appreciate my reviews.
It has also been encouraging to have some of my reviews quoted in
print form, too.
As
well as the website URL above, you can find James at these links;
Thank
you James for being our guest this week.
The
Miramichi Reader’s review of Wall of War -
michireader.ca/2018/01/wall-of-war-drake-alexander/http://mira
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