Exciting news! I’m honoured to be a faculty member at the legendary San Miguel Writers’ Conference 2018, happening February 14-18, in beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. During the conference, I’ll be running two workshops: on Feb 14 (Valentine’s Day, so perfect), it’s “Sensory Perception: Make Your Prose Sing”; and on Feb 15, it’s “Shaping Your Short Story Collection.” The Conference looks terrific – have a look at www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org. And join us if you can. Writers gathering together to talk about writing. In Mexico. In February. I can’t wait.
Edmonton on September 20: New Book Launch
Come and celebrate the publication of The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories by Myrl Coulter
Musical entertainment by Marc Ladouceur
Yellowhead Brewery 10229 – 105 Street Wednesday, September 20 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Calgary on September 28: Reading and Signing
In Calgary, please join me on September 28 at Shelf Life Books – 1302 4th St SW for a reading and signing of my new book The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories.
Winnipeg on October 5: Reading and Signing
In Winnipeg, please join me on October 5 at McNally Robinson Bookstore – 1120 Grant Avenue for a reading and signing of my new book The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories.
News
This is one of the best parts of being a writer – sharing a new book’s cover for the first time, especially when the cover is absolutely PERFECT for the book. I’m so grateful to U of Alberta Press’s Alan Brownoff and his terrific design team for coming up with a cover that takes my breath away. Honestly, it made me shed a few joyful tears the first time I saw it. Release is set for September 2017.
Click here to read more about The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories.
The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories
New Book News
The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories is Myrl Coulter’s first published work of fiction. In these short and shortish stories, all the characters struggle with the absence of at least one person who has disappeared prematurely from their lives. In the voids created by the missing loved ones, family secrets bubble to the surface, a recipe box moves itself around, dead grandfathers haunt, and a ghost lingers in a twenty-year limbo. As the book progresses, surprising connections emerge making the stories feel like one big puzzle.
The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories will be published in September 2017 by University of Alberta Press.