Interview at the Quarantine Review Podcast

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I was recently interviewed by my friend Teri Vlassopoulos for the Quarantine Review podcast! Not only was I thrilled to be involved with the Quarantine Review again, but I got to virtually chat with Teri while sitting in my surprisingly soundproof closet, balancing my laptop and my microphone, being so much in awe of Teri’s smooth interviewing skills that I probably rambled a bit too much trying to sound as cool as her. Check out […]

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The Quiet is Loud on the 8th Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize shortlist

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I’m over the moon about The Quiet is Loud being a finalist for the 8th Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize! From their website:  The award was created to bring literary recognition to Canadian talent and kick-start the careers of debut authors. My book is among such wonderful company and I couldn’t be more proud.

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Reading from WIP at Draft Reading Series

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I’m looking forward to sharing a short reading from my novel-in-progress at the Draft Reading Series this month, along with many other talented writers. It’s a new sort of reading for me, and it’s a really neat way to inspire my creativity. This will be a virtual event happening on Sunday, February 27 2022, at 3.00 pm Eastern Time. Find out more and register here! Thank you Draft Reading Series for inviting me to read!

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The Quiet is Loud and unexpected friendships

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When writing The Quiet is Loud, it was important to me that Freya develops a close friendship with someone she could theoretically have romantic feelings for, but doesn’t.⁠⁠ I’ve had many friendships like this, where there was never any hint of something romantic developing. We spent lots of time together, we got to know each other very well, we had vulnerable life discussions and silly moments, and often laughed until we cried. ⁠⁠They were some

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Carol Shields Prize’s Women Reading Women feature

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I’m honoured to have been featured in the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction’s Women Reading Women series. The series is “featuring women writers, and the women writers they love.” It was a lot of fun to answer these questions about books I’ve read, and the craft of writing in general. I look forward to the rest of the series as well. You can check it out here! Thank you for the opportunity!

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4 unusual inspirations in The Quiet is Loud

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There are many themes and inspirations in The Quiet is Loud that I feel are quite overt – just a few off the top of my head: identity, belonging, self-reflection, mythology, tarot cards, Filipino food, and unexpected friendships. But I thought it might be fun to share four inspirations that are a little more unusual. X-Men, and the concept of shitty superpowers When I was a kid/young teenager, my brother and I were both into

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Interview with rob mclennan

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Happy to be part of rob mclennan’s 12 or 20 Questions series! Check it out here. 1 – How did your first book change your life? How does your most recent work compare to your previous? How does it feel different? It helped me to better understand myself as a writer: the things I wanted to say, the ways I wanted to say them. It was the first thing I’d ever written that had speculative

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The Quiet is Loud now available in the US!

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I’m beyond thrilled to announce that The Quiet is Loud is now published in the United States! ⁠⁠A lot of American friends have been asking about it and I’m happy that it’ll be easier for them to purchase. As always, I’m so grateful for your support. ⁠⁠⁠ Americans can visit Invisible Publishing to order, or check out your favourite (or “favorite,” no U, of course) local indie bookstore!⁠⁠ If it’s not on the shelves, they’ll

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Did I create this character, or did bookstagram create this character?

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Javi came to life before I got into bookstagram (as little as I consider myself “into bookstagram,” that is), and his love of books was extrapolated from my own. But during final edits of The Quiet is Loud, I started to worry that maybe I had been an unwilling host for an invisible AI entity to create bookstagram in human form. That in itself would make for a weird sci-fi novel, I think. Wouldn’t it

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