Come join us for an evening of fiction and vegan eats on WEDNESDAY June 12, 2024 at 7 pm at Jordan’s Homeside Pub 1521 Main Street East, Hamilton. Hosted by The City & the City Books, I’ll be reading from my feral child STOOP CITY, alongside Sydney Hegele reading from Read more
Thanks to everyone who showed up for Queer Noir: a night of gay crime and suspenseful readings!
I’m delighted to be included in OFF THE RECORD, edited by the almost magisterial John Metcalf and published by Biblioasis. In this anthology, John Metcalf asks six authors to explain how/why we became writers rather than normal, reliable citizens. These essays, each paired with a short story, are candid, entertaining Read more
I’m so pleased to be joining the Speakeasy Reading Series on Wednesday, October 18th at 7 pm at Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto. It will be live streamed on Zoom, for those who can’t make it in person.I’m joining an incredible line up with Britta Bardour, Jennifer Hosein, Alya Somar Read more
Thank you, ReLit Awards, for honouring STOOP CITY in the category of short fiction, 2021. I’m utterly entranced by the prize … the coveted ReLit ring designed by Christopher Kearney of Newfoundland. Each of the four moveable dials are struck with the entire alphabet, so I will be spelling out Read more
Thank you to Lucian Childs and Prairie Fire Magazine for the kind review of Stoop City. Check it out right here! https://www.prairiefire.ca/stoop-city-by-kristyn-dunnion/
The eloquent and brainy Steven Beattie reviews “Adoro Te Devote” from the Stoop City collection. I say ‘reviews’ but really this piece is more thoughtful than most book reviews; it’s a deeper dive into the story’s exploration of Faith and the Sacred. Let’s just say that Steven Beattie GETS IT. Read more
Heartfelt thanks to www.arts.on.ca , its hardworking staff, the jury members and readers at independent Ontario based publishers. I’m pleased and humbled to acknowledge OAC funding from the Recommender Grants for Writers Project as well as the Literary Creation Projects. This encouragement will help me take a little time away Read more
Big juicy thanks to award-winning author, broadcaster and performing & recording artist, Christa Couture, for featuring STOOP CITY on the CBC’s The Next Chapter (November 27, 2021). Hear what Christa loves about Stoop City in this scrumptious sound bite:https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-67-the-next-chapter/clip/15880822-bedside-books-christa-couture-book-shes-reading-right
Join Kristyn Dunnion and her dear accomplice, Poetess Shannon Quinn, for a live Zoom Reading on Tuesday Dec 7, 2021 from 7 – 8 pm EST. This is a free online event with book giveaways! Kristyn will read from the doggedly dissident “Stoop City,” published by Biblioasis (Fall 2020), a Read more