Andrea Routley Explained

Andrea Routley
Occupation:short story writer, magazine editor
Language:English
Nationality:Canadian
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Years Active:2010s-present

Andrea Routley is a Canadian writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] Her short story collection Jane and the Whales was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards in 2014.[2] Her short stories appear in Canadian literary magazines such as Geist and The Fiddlehead Review.[3]

She was a founder of the LGBT literary magazine Plenitude[1] and of the Sunshine Coast's (Canada) Read Out Loud LGBT reading series,[4] and was editor of the 2010 anthology Walk Myself Home: An Anthology to End Violence Against Women.[5] In 2020, her book This Unlikely Soil was shortlisted for the Malahat Review Novella Prize.[6]

During the 2022-23 winter, Routley was a writer-in-residence at the Haig-Brown House of the Campbell River Museum on Vancouver Island, where she planned to finish a new novel.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Crush_worthy-13320.aspx "Crush worthy"
  2. http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=books&article=830 "Lambda Literary Awards finalists announced"
  3. News: 1 September 2022 . 65 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in fall 2022 . .
  4. http://www.coastreporter.net/entertainment/arts-entertainment/three-days-of-pride-1.1973314 "Three days of pride"
  5. "Walk Myself Home". Herizons, Spring 2012.
  6. Web site: Manley . Alison . 2022-11-26 . This Unlikely Soil: Stories by Andrea Routley . 2023-04-11 . The Miramichi Reader . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2022-12-01 . Haig-Brown writer in residence hopes to reconnect with the rain forest . 2023-04-11 . www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com . Vancouver Island Free Daily . en-US.