Stacey May Fowles

“…Stacey May Fowles’ first novel…definitely proves she’s a writer filled with talent and insight…The writing is sharp and evocative and shows a deep level of sympathy for the characters and keen psychological understanding…the strength of the writing makes Be Good a very enjoyable read.”
-Broken Pencil Magazine, Issue 39

“…probably the most finely realized small press novel to come out of Canada in the last year…Thank you, Stacey May Fowles.”
-This Magazine, May/June 2008

(Buy Be Good here, here, or here.)

This spring, I’ll be appearing in the anthologies TOK3 (Diaspora Dialogues) and IV Lounge Nights (Tightrope Books).

I.V. Lounge Nights will be launching Thursday, May 29 at The Tranzac Club, while TOK3 will be launching as part of Luminato at The Drake Hotel on Wednesday, June 11. More details to follow.

On Saturday, April 12 I read with Zoe Whittall at Octopus Books in Ottawa. Many thanks to the fun, fantastic team at Octopus for setting up a great evening!

For Fear of Fighting
A Graphic Novel by Stacey May Fowles and Marlena Zuber
Coming fall 2008 with Invisible Publishing

From the publisher:

Through Marlena Zuber’s whimsical and raw drawings and Stacey May Fowles’ humorous and biting prose, Fear of Fighting explores the conflict between the mundane details of daily life and a desperate need to find meaning. Set in the lonely urban landscape of downtown Toronto, the story revolves around Marnie, a broken-hearted young woman fighting to find something more. Examining issues of loneliness, mental health, and the importance of human and community connection, Fear of Fighting reveals the stark contrast between the Marnie’s inner dialogue and the invisibility and madness she feels daily. 

Check out my answers to Rob McLennan’s 12 or 20 questions.

I’ll be reading with the fabulous Zoe Whittall in Ottawa as part of the Female First Fiction Series on April 12.

First Female Fiction Series
Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Octopus Books - 116 Third Ave - Ottawa, ON
613 233 2589 - Email: octopus@octopusbooks.ca

More event details here.

“In her mesmeric debut novel Be Good, young author Stacey May Fowles demonstrates a budding mastery over the poetic aspects of prose. She showers the reader time and again with rhythmically beautiful sentences…Her skill in using unique description to create evocative landscapes and mindscapes has a hypnotic effect…overall this is an enchanting novel…”
-The Feminist Review

Both Nobody Passes: Rejecting The Rules of Gender and Conformity (Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore) and First Person Queer (Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel) have been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Female First Fiction Series: with Zoe Whittall
Octopus Books. 116 Third Ave, Ottawa, ON

Monday, May 5, 2008
Strong Words Reading Series
Gladstone Hotel. 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Box Salon
The Rivoli. 334 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

Tightrope Books’ Myna Wallin (A Thousand Profane Pieces) will be interviewing Stacey May Fowles (Be Good) on “In Other Words,” CKLN 88.1 on March 11 @ 2 p.m.

“In Other Words” explores all things literary, from small press to large print! Join us for an in-depth look at the world of the written and spoken word, and get a sense of the people and the passion behind the words that you read and hear. Tune in for fiction in various genres, all kinds of poetry, soundscapes, and interviews with poets, novelists, short story writers, playwrights and screenwriters … and anything in between. Enjoy free book give-aways, and hear about upcoming readings, workshops, and community literary events.

To listen live online go to www.ckln.fm.

The Toronto Star: “Be Good is an endearing and ambitious novel, chronicling the ‘walking wounded’ of a Canadian youth afflicted by a culture that implores them to ‘be good’ or ‘go west young f—ed-up chick.’”

The Globe and Mail: “Toronto writer Stacey May Fowles is cruising a scarred landscape between the poles of gay and straight. Refreshingly, she never labours over which pole Hannah or Morgan might favour. Be Good is about twentysomethings stranded among our multiple definitions of what love is, between aimless wants and serial not-havings.”

Quill and Quire: “…the novel offers a thoughtful examination of sexuality, relationships, and what it means to tell the truth.”

Buy Be Good today:

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