Bookworm

Bookworm

Bookworm, no. 20

Fiction by Heather Nolan. Non-fiction by Carol Youngson. A persistent agency. Inside the December issue.

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Dec 05, 2023
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Isolated Incidents

How to Be Alone
Heather Nolan

Goose Lane Editions
120 pages, softcover and ebook

Heather Nolan’s latest work of fiction, How to Be Alone, includes two novellas set in Montreal, each following a different queer protagonist’s journey of self-discovery. These narratives do not unfold linearly. Rather, they wind through networks of disconnecte…

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