I’m having a lot of fun with my newsletter. It’s been nice to return to slightly longer forms of expression considering, you know, *gestures vaguely at the state of social media*. I realize that this blog/journal can count as a longer form of expression, but honestly I’m still not sure how to best use this space. So in the meantime, here are some of the recent topics I wrote about: ☾ How pandemic […]
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I did a Q&A with Susan Sanford Blades in the January edition of her Girls to the Front newsletter! Thank you, Susan. It was fun to talk about the timeline of writing The Quiet is Loud, worldbuilding, its themes, and of course – its food. I didn’t consciously draw on those childhood examples when developing the special powers, but to me it seemed realistic that not every person with abilities could successfully wield them in
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I’m honoured that The Quiet is Loud was recently reviewed by Erin Della Mattia for Prairie Fire. An excerpt: The result is a complex and ambitious novel about how we construct our identities when we feel like outsiders, whether that be as a person with exceptional capabilities, a child of immigrants, or a mixed-race person caught between multiple cultures. You can read the full review here! Thank you Prairie Fire and Erin for your thoughts,
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I’m excited to moderate an AugurCon panel: Worldbuilding the Real World: Creating the Fictional Here, featuring Kim Fu, Natalie Zina Walschots, and Maria Dong, discussing worldbuilding in our own reality. Worldbuilding is one of my absolute favourite things about writing, and I’m eager to hear how these talented writers approach it in their own work. Learn more here, and check out AugurCon here! (I’m looking forward to AugurCon and its back-to-back amazing panels and events.)
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I’m looking forward to reading from The Quiet is Loud at two exciting events in October: Toronto Canzine Saturday, October 1 2022 I’ll be reading as part of Pulp Fiction, with Terri Favro and Jason Smith. The Quarantine Review’s Re-launch Reading Series Wednesday, October 12 2022 Looking forward to joining Catherine Bush, JJ Dupuis, and AG Pasquella, other Quarantine Review contributors for the magazine’s first in-person event. Find more details here! (Header image is a free stock
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Many, many years ago, Broken Pencil published a short story of mine. It was so long ago that I no longer remember the story’s name. I was a new zinester then, and so appearing in Broken Pencil was a dream. So it felt very special to see The Quiet is Loud reviewed in their magazine recently. Garner’s speculative narrative … these questions in a complex family history while maintaining a day-in-the-life narrative feel. It’s a fearlessly unique
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May 4th was the one-year anniversary of The Quiet is Loud being published. I can’t believe it’s been that long! It feels like three months and three years at the same time. I shared some thoughts about my first year of being a published author over on Invisible Publishing’s blog, including the things that I didn’t anticipate about the publishing process, and lessons I learned. Click here to read “Things I Didn’t Know About Publishing
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I was happy to see The Quiet is Loud recommended as one of “16 Books You’ll Love by Asian and Pacific Islander Authors” at She Does the City. The Filipino themes in my book were very important to me, so it’s an honour for my book to be on this list. “Samantha Garner’s debut is a stunning blend of literary and speculative fiction, that explores themes of racial identity, belonging, love, betrayal, and magic.” Check
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🇩🇪 I have some very exciting news: The Quiet is Loud will be published in German with Piper Verlag! I have family in Germany (and support Germany in international football tournaments 😉) so naturally I am over the moon about this. I look forward to reaching new readers in a country that’s very special to me – and anywhere German-language readers are! Now to learn German so that I can read my book through new
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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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