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BOY: A NOVEL to be published in 2020!

3/20/2019

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After an incredibly challenging 2018 and first couple months of 2019, I'm so pleased and excited to announce that BOY, my next novel, will be published by the excellent Dundurn Press in early 2020!

So many emotions, so many challenges, so many disappointments, but for now they all get eclipsed by this opportunity, and I'm pumped to be working with Dundurn, an awesome independent publisher. Watch this space for updates and more information, which I'll share as soon as they become available.

Here's a bit about BOY: A NOVEL:

Boy’s final year of high school is unraveling. Fast. He had it all worked out, from crushing his final exams to military school to a guaranteed career in the air force. But his family’s tragic past and its complicated present have caught up to him, and his marks are slipping, jeopardizing all of his plans. When Boy befriends Mara, a homeless man who can seemingly stop and restart time at will, he’ll have to weigh his family’s needs and his own conscience against the potential contained within Mara’s mysterious and powerful gift. And he’ll learn hard truths about time: the past can’t be undone, memories are as fragile as moments, and the future rarely turns out like we think it will.

Can't wait to put it in your hands!

B.

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July 04th, 2018

7/4/2018

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Two stories picked up by @thenewquarterly!

3/28/2018

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I'm so, so pleased to report that my short story "Bayfront" and my lyric memoir "Gone Supernova" have been picked up for publication by The New Quarterly, which has featured my work in the past and remains my ab-fab Canadian literary journal. "Bayfront" will appear later this year, and "Gone Supernova" will be published sometime in 2019. 

Soms shouts-out are in order here: first and foremost, thanks again to Pamela and Susan at TNQ for believing in and supporting my work; second, to authors extraordinaire Michael Christie and Madeleine Thien for lending me a few of their words in "Gone Supernova"; and third, to my UBC fiction peeps, who workshopped "Bayfront" even though it was way too long.

FYI, Michael Christie's If I Fall, If I Die is an amazing novel—get a copy, and be changed. Madeleine Thien's sublime Do Not Say We Have Nothing is fiction to aspire to, and well worth a read.

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#11 in the #SSAC2017!

12/11/2017

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There is much to savour (and spit out, of course) in the writing life, but every so often something happens that is so awesome you just can't help but sing it out.

Today my story "Skinks," which was the winner of the 2016 Fiddlehead Best Story Award and appeared the journal, is the 11th entry into the sublime 2017 Short Story Advent Calendar, a supercool initiative by the good folks over at Hingston & Olsen. The stories are fantastic, the design one of a kind, and the pride (and gratitude) I'm feeling at being a part of it is indescribable.

If you like stories, there's almost nothing better. And if you haven't gotten yours, don't worry, you still can and just use it next year! Sure, the cover says 2017 but the stories are numbered 1-25: who needs to know? 
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A Corker of a #Writing Week

11/11/2017

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Writing is a solitary sport, with days and weeks and months often spent toiling away in blissful, heartbreaking, and mostly unacknowledged solitude, often staring at blanks screens and pages.

But not this week. This week has been a corker.

1. I received news that my novel SAINTS, UNEXPECTED has been shortlisted for a Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award. Winners will be announced on Nov. 27, so fingers crossed.

2. My essay "You'll See the Sky" was given an honourable mention for a 2017 Short Works Prize.

3. My short story "Drift, maybe fall" has won subTerrain's 2017 Lush Triumphant Literary Award (best prize name ever!), which nets me a nice cash prize and publication in one of Canada's coolest magazines.

4. I received my contributor copies of the sublime 2017 Short Story Advent Calendar (which is still available for yourself or the story-lover in your life—order by Nov. 15 to ensure delivery by Dec. 1!), got paid for two stories, have been asked to present an award, and am participating in a 6-Minute Memoir event.

It's amazing to have some recognition and a little extra cash to throw at the mortgage, but more importantly, this week I get to call myself a working writer, for which I'm humbled and grateful. 

Thanks for the support, everyone.

​BvS

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SAINTS, UNEXPECTED shortlisted for a Hamilton Literary Award!

11/6/2017

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I'm honoured and pleased to announce that SAINTS, UNEXPECTED is a finalist for a 2017 Hamilton Literary Award!

The awards will be awarded on November 27th.

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(Photo credit: The Hamilton Arts Council, 2017)
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2017 Short Story Advent Calendar

10/25/2017

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I am so pleased to be able to announce that my short story "[Title TBA]" will be a part of the 2017 Short Story Advent Calendar!

It's a gorgeous box set with 25 individually wrapped stories, one for each day of the Advent season. If you enjoy short stories, there's nothing better than opening a fresh one to savour each day. Bonus: they're not dated, so you can keep them for future years, too.

The calendar is incredibly popular and sells out ever year, so be sure to get yours soon. It would also make a fantastic gift for the story-phile in your life. Click here to order.

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#BecauseSocial up @TheWriterMag

7/17/2017

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#BecauseSocial, a piece I wrote for The Writer Magazine about stepping back from social media, is now live on their site.

Click here to read

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"Hard Sell" published @LitroMagazine

6/14/2017

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"Hard Sell" a hybrid piece of fiction centred on real events that took place on a single day, has been published at Litro Magazine, a very cool publication distributed free to London UK commuters. Click here to read the story online.

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#Canada150+: not enough

6/4/2017

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What a blessing and honour it has been to get to know just a few of our best First Nations and Inuit writers, and to learn and read some of their words and stories. Even so, those stories are challenged whenever they're presented, unfairly and with great bias. My privilege will continue to allow me the space and opportunity to move forward, but I know that there are many who will not get the same opportunities as I will.

As such, I would like to make one small adjustment to our country's 150+ celebrations. I am a proud Canadian, and am humbled to be a citizen of this place. But I acknowledge that much of what makes me most free and this country great has come through the abuse and murder and suppression and ignorance of our First Peoples and their foundational contributions to this land. I vow to explain the "+" in Canada150+ whenever and wherever I can.

It won't be enough, of course. We need to do much, much better.

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