I am so pleased and grateful that Vermin won the new Short Story Collection Award at the Alberta Literary Awards Gala in Edmonton on Saturday, June 11th. It is truly an honour to be the first recipient of this award; many thanks to the jury and to the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, not only for…
Author: Lori Hahnel
Calgary writer
Short Story Collection Award Shortlist
I am excited that Vermin has shortlisted for the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s new Short Story Collection Award! Congratulations to my fellow finalists Norma Dunning and Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike. We will be doing some shortlist readings later this month, and the winner will be announced at the Alberta Literary Awards Gala on June 11th, in…
Made By History
It’s always a delight to get contributor copies in the mail, and this morning’s mail brought my copy of Made By History: An Anthology of Historical Fiction, just out from The Copperfield Review, and available in both print and e-book formats through Amazon. My contribution is an excerpt from my novel-in-progress Dearest Clara, which is…
“Dust in the Wind” recording
For anyone who missed it, here’s the recording of my CKUA Session Story, “Dust in the Wind”. Thanks again to CKUA Radio, Blindman Brewing and Jason Lee Norman for the opportunity!
“Dust in the Wind” on CKUA tonight!
CKUA Radio (93.7 FM in Calgary, or http://www.ckua.com) is airing my reading of my story “Dust in the Wind” at 5:45 this afternoon as part of the Session Stories series. Tune in if you have a chance! Thanks to Blindman Brewing and CKUA Radio (the world’s best radio station). Also: I have had a chance…
Read Alberta Interview
It was a pleasure to talk short stories with the WGA’s Ellen Kartz during a recent interview for Read Alberta, which you can read here. Ellen asked excellent questions which I had to think quite hard about. Thanks to Read Alberta and Ellen for the chance to discuss one of my favourite forms.
Glengarry Book Award
Congratulations to Dianne Warren, winner of the inaugural Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts Glengarry Book Award. I was surprised and honoured to appear on the shortlist for this award along with Leona Theis and Karin Melberg Schwier. It’s excellent to see this kind of recognition of authors with Saskatchewan roots wherever we may be.
Blindman Brewing Super Coffee Stout
Blindman Brewing has just released its Super Coffee Stout, which looks amazingly delicious, and with it comes a new season of Session Stories, including my story, “Dust in the Wind”, which you can just see in the picture here (pro tip: better if you have glasses on). The sixteen stories will also air on CKUA…
Vermin in The Billings Gazette
Thanks to Stella Fong and The Billings Gazette for this morning’s write-up of Vermin, which you can read here. As part of the lead-up to this year’s High Plains Book Awards, The Billings Gazette is featuring the finalists until the announcement of the winners on Sept. 25th. Sadly, the in-person events around the awards and…
Beyond the Stacks
I enjoyed being interviewed a couple of weeks ago by librarian Jessie Bach for her “Beyond the Stacks” column at ReadAlberta.ca. You can read her column about writer-in-residence programs in Alberta here. Thanks to Jessie and ReadAlberta!
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