Date: June 5th 2009

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We are proud to let you know that Pasha Malla, author of The Withdrawal Method, has been receiving acclaim left and right.

He is the recipient of this year's Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
He is a finalist for the Trillium Award.
He is a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
He's been longlisted for the Giller Prize.
He won the Ellis Award for the Best Short Story for his contribution to the Toronto Noir.

It's an exciting time! If you want to review his wonderful collection or get in touch with Pasha Mills, let us know. We can make it happen!

About The Withdrawal Method:

In their humor, careful warmth, and straight honesty, his stories capture clearly something odd and beautiful: the unmistakable feeling of empathy. From young couples fighting through the emotional trauma of the modern world to children navigating wayward, forbidden paths of fantasized adulthood, Malla presents characters with feet rooted deep in the familiar and hearts that slowly open to reveal the pain and unexpected love a life accumulates.
Malla’s assured voice and smooth, mature style is punctuated by bursts of wild humor and enlivened by endlessly inventive storytelling. As individual narratives, these stories speak to each side of the protean human psyche, but when taken in together they address with full understanding the fragility of our lives.

Praise for The Withdrawal Method:

“These stories are original, smart, special, and often surprising in the way they manage complex feeling and dark areas of experience.”—Colm Toibin

“Splendidly creative . . . an absolute gem . . . Life is anything but ordinary in the hands of this gifted writer.” —Vancouver Sun 


“Ranges from the wistfulness of childhood to the horrors of cancer and is populated by horny chimps, chess-playing machines and Pablo Picasso.” —National Post

“Astonishing... filled with a great deal of compassion.” —Globe and Mail

“A polished, confident storyteller. . . . Malla steamrollers through uncomfortable situations and everyday horrors with the sang-froid of a crime reporter.” —Toronto Star

“Pasha Malla's remarkable debut collection The Withdrawal Method is a sign (or warning) of things to come.” —The Coast

“[F]or my money one of the best young writers in Canada [is] Pasha Malla.” —Torontoist.com

“Malla's style is sharp and funny... the collection is amusing and affecting, an accomplished first book by a writer to watch.” —NOW Magazine

“An astonishing and bizarre mix...Pasha Malla is an impressive young voice that gives one hope for a future of new Canadian writing talent.” —Montreal Gazette
“What is most alluring about Malla's writing is his unfailing ability to grasp the fallibility of his characters as they try to do the right thing, fail, and then go on.”—Quill & Quire

For more information:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/05/25/danuta-gleed-winner-announced.aspx
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/05/27/trillium-awards.html?ref=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/02/19/commonwealth-prize.html
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=792466
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/06/05/winners-of-the-26th-annual-arthur-ellis-awards-announced.aspx

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