Amanda K. Hale

Amanda K. Hale
OccupationWriter
GenreLiterary fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction
Notable workSounding the Blood
Website
www.amandahale.com

Amanda K. Hale is a Canadian writer and daughter of Esoteric Hitlerist James Larratt Battersby.

Background

Born in England, she emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She studied at Concordia University and received an M.A. in Creative Writing Drama.[1] Now she divides her time between Toronto and British Columbia, the UK and Cuba. "As a creative person, Hale has travelled back and forth between visual art, theatre, and writing."[2] Her first novel, Sounding the Blood, was "a finalist for the BC Relit Awards"[3] and was included in NOW Magazine's Top Ten books for 2001,[4] has been on several university reading lists[2] in Canada, the U.S., and in Europe; and has been adapted as a screenplay. Her writing has been published in numerous Canadian and American literary magazines, and two of her books have been translated into Spanish.

Hale has been active in the arts and writing community as a co-founder of Red Tree visual arts (1989); as a member of the Broadside feminist collective[5] (1982–88); as vice-president of the Hornby Island Arts Council,[6] and as a board member of the Hornby Island Festival Society.[7]

Works

Novels

  • Sounding the Blood, 2001, Raincoast Books
  • The Reddening Path, 2007, Thistledown Press. A Spanish edition, El Sendero Encarnado was launched in July 2008 by Verdecielo Ediciones[8] and presented at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in November 2008.
  • My Sweet Curiosity, 2009, Thistledown Press - Long-listed for the 2010 ReLit Award for Fiction[9]
  • Mad Hatter, 2019, Guernica Editions

Plays

Short fiction

  • In the Embrace of the Alligator (Collection of short fiction), 2011, Thistledown Press. A Spanish edition: En Brazos del Caimán[11]

Creative nonfiction

References

  1. ^ "Amanda Hale". 49th Shelf. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Busheikin, Laura. "A Writer's Curiosity". InFocus Magazine (Oct–Nov 2009).
  3. ^ "About the Author - Amanda Hale". All Lit Up.
  4. ^ "Amanda Hale". ABC Book World.
  5. ^ "Members of Broadside Collective". Broadside: A Feminist Review.
  6. ^ "HIAC's Upcoming Annual General Meeting". Hornby Island Arts Council.
  7. ^ "Hornby Festival and Art Show Opening Reception". The Hornby Island Festival Society.
  8. ^ "El sendero encarnado". Verdecielo Ediciones. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  9. ^ "My Sweet Curiosity". Thistledown Press.
  10. ^ a b Scott, Shelley (1997). "Collective Creation and the Changing Mandate of Nightwood Theatre". Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches Théâtrales Au Canada. 18 (2).
  11. ^ "En brazos del caimán". Toronto's Spanish Books.
  12. ^ "PRISM Nonfiction contest". PRISM International (Previous PRISM contest winners). 2008.
  13. ^ "Congratulations to the 2010 Open Season Awards Winners". The Malahat Review (Congratulations to the 2010 Open Season Awards Winners): In creative nonfiction.