Author: Lori Hahnel

I’m pleased to start off 2021 with a reading for filling Station’s long-running Flywheel Reading Series, along with Jessica Moore. I’ll be reading “Good Friday, at the Westward” from my collection Vermin. Join us on Facebook at this link on Jan. 14th at 7:30 PM.

Thanks to Calgary Herald entertainment reporter Eric Volmers who spoke on CKUA Radio about great local books from 2020, including Vermin. You can listen to the piece here.

Many thanks to Calgary book blogger Anne Logan for this review of Vermin at iverreadthis.com! I appreciate her thoughtful reading of the collection and the insights she offers. Check out her blog for many other reviews and recommendations.

Big thanks to Angie Abdou for reviewing Vermin on today’s episode of CBC’s Daybreak Alberta. Angie is a tireless supporter of Alberta books and writers — we really appreciate all she does. Listen to Angie’s review here.

Last night’s event where I read from Vermin and my friend and editor Lee Kvern asked me some great questions was a fun time. It and all the other recordings in the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s Online Reading Series are now up on YouTube. Watch it here.

I had the great pleasure a couple of weeks ago of talking to Writer’s Block host Dymphny Dronyk about Vermin. The episode airs on CJSW Radio tonight at 8 PM, ans also features two of this year’s Frontenac House poets, Tyler B. Perry and Joan Shillington. The episode will also appear on the CJSW website…

I am pleased and excited to announce that the launch of my new collection Vermin: Stories is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 PM on Zoom with Betty Jane Hegerat kindly taking care of hosting duties. Further details will be forthcoming soon. But if that date doesn’t work for you (or even if it…