The next two collections in our Short Story Month series could fall under the category of the “novel-in-stories.” The Handsome Man by Brad Casey, and We All Need to Eat by Alex Leslie, are collections that offer a novel-like narrative by using linked stories to follow a single protagonist. Navigating new landscapes and confronting a […]
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May is Short Story Month! Please join us in celebrating this centuries-old yet endlessly versatile form.
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Congratulations to Alex Leslie, double nominee for the 2020 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards!
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Shorter days. Longer sleeves. Lower temperatures. The slow creep of winter is hard to ignore, especially this year, when at-home pastimes aren’t just enjoyable but essential.
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Our Short Story Month Celebration concludes today with Alex Leslie, author of We All Need to Eat. This collection of linked stories revolve around Soma, a young Queer woman in Vancouver. Through thoughtful and probing narratives, the stories slipstream through Soma’s first three decades. Lyrical, gritty, and atmospheric, Soma’s stories refuse to shy away from […]
Continue readingIn this week’s edition of Feature Friday, we are very pleased to bring you an excerpt from We All Need to Eat, a collection of linked stories from award-winning author Alex Leslie that revolves around Soma, a young Queer woman in Vancouver. Through thoughtful and probing narratives, each story chronicles a sea change in Soma’s […]
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An author’s journey is a particularly twisty one. Amidst the drafts, re-writes, readings, and even seeded somewhere within that first fragment of an idea is the constant development of their craft. Book*hug asked eight of our authors to take a trip into the past for writing tips they would give their younger writer selves to […]
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