I had a great time at Airdrie Public Library last week meeting Airdrie writers, reading, and talking about the writing biz. Thanks again to Chantal Patton at APL for the invite! And thanks to Phoenix Phillips, who interviewed Chantal and myself for this week’s episode of Here’s The Scoop on Airdrie. You can see it here.
Looking forward to starting off 2020 with a visit to Airdrie Public Library this Wednesday, January 8. Things will get started at 6:30, and I’ll be reading from my books and leading an open discussion. I understand there will also be refreshments! Come and join us for a fun evening.
Thanks to Susan Toy at Island Editions for this write-up!
Lori Hahnel
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Lori Hahnel is the author of two novels, Love Minus Zero and After You’ve Gone , as well as a story collection, Nothing Sacred , which shortlisted for an Alberta Literary Award. Her work has been nominated for the Journey Prize three times and has appeared in over forty publications in North America, Australia and the U.K. Her credits include CBC Radio, The Fiddlehead, Joyland and The Saturday Evening Post. Lori teaches creative writing in Calgary.
Lori Hahnel is another author I met through Betty Jane Hegerat who encouraged me to attend Lori’s launch at Memorial Park Library in Calgary for a new collection of stories, Nothing Sacred, she had published. I also went to see Lori for a writing consultation while she was the Canadian Authors’ Association writer-in-residence in Calgary. I learned A LOT during that all-too-brief session about not…
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I am happy to be involved with New Forum Magazine as part of the editorial collective. We are now open until Jan. 1, 2020, for submissions from Alberta writers, guidelines here. As well we are running a flash fiction contest for Alberta writers and will be open for entries until Jan. 1, 2020, rules here. So get those submissions and entries in! Looking forward to reading your work.
I’m very pleased that my short story “The Hardest Part” has found a home in online Canadian literary magazine Agnes and True, and is up for the reading as of now. Many thanks to everyone at Agnes and True, especially editor Julie McArthur for her thoughtful edit. And while you’re there, stay and read some of the other contributions — I am honoured to join this fine slate of writers.
Got a first draft that needs some work? Looking for feedback and fellowship? Writing Beyond the Basics, my facilitated manuscript workshopping course, starts Sept. 18th, and runs at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society on Wednesdays 12:30 – 3 PM for thirteen weeks. Register now before it fills up!
https://www.alexandrawriters.org/courses/manuscript-workshop-day/
FreeFall Magazine’s Jamal Ali caught with me for an interview last fall, and now you can read it here, on the FreeFall website. Thanks to Jamal and FreeFall — I always love talking libraries, writing and punk rock!
My contributor copies of Room 42.2 arrived today. I’m pleased to be in Room again (my story “Close to the Bone” appeared in Issue 31.2 back in 2008). This issue features work from many contributors, including winners of Room’s 2018 contest, as well as my story “A Good Long Life” and Jenna Butler’s story “The Magically Disappearing Woman”, which I am looking forward to reading. Looks like another fine issue!
It won’t exactly be the Bard, but most of the crew from the the Winter’s Tale we did a few years ago are reconvening for a summer solstice reading. Join Tyler Perry, Lee Kvern, Vivian Hansen and me for sultry summer readings from our poetry and fiction in the Treehouse at cSpace King Edward on June 27th. Things get started around 7 PM and there will of course be refreshments. Hope to see you there!
Back in the early 2000’s, one of my early short stories was published in Forum, a feminist magazine published here in Calgary. Editor Vivian Hansen was set to include another story of mine in Forum when the magazine sadly folded. But now a new incarnation of the magazine has arisen, and I’m happy to be reading at the launch of New Forum, from a new piece that will appear in the inaugural issue.
The Gauntlet recently ran an interview with Silvia Pikal, editor-in-chief of New Forum, here.
And the launch is at 7 PM on June 22 at Loft 112. Tickets are available here. Looking forward to the event!
