Tarry This Night (Arsenal Pulp Press) makes the longlist for the 2018 Sunburst Award For Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic! I am totally stoked and humbled to have this book included in such incredible company. Check out the full list and please, read all of these exceptional books. Short List will be announced at the end of June.
Some of Canada’s most relevant and exciting authors head to Hamilton next week for the annual Grit Lit Festival!Check out the likes of Tanya Talaga (Seven Fallen Feathers), Casey Plett (Little Fish), Kerri Sakamoto (One Hundred Million Hearts), Sachiko Murakami (The Invisibility Exhibit), and so so many more.I’ll be with Read more…
“Set in a not-so-distant future and broaching many of the themes currently in the news -political polarization, nuclear warfare, gender inequity, religious extremism, climate change- this carefully crafted, suspenseful novel is a reminder of just how awful things could get if we don’t get our act together.” Check out Carly Read more…
Here I am, all Dolled up with the talented and precocious Professor Keith Cole at FADO’s Valley of the Dolls Commencement Ceremony. Photo Credit: Henry Chan An excerpt from my Keynote Address: “My Kindest advice to the Graduates:Self medicate. Like the precious white women in this book. Pop your pills Read more…
The charming and talented Rob McLennan asks 12 or 20 questions, and I try to answer! https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2018/02/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_14.html
Join the Queen of the Lady Monsters, Sandra Kasturi, at ChiSeries, a monthly reading event featuring Sci Fi, Fantasy and Horror. I’ll be reading alongside James Alan Gardner, Stephen Michell and Gary Thomas Morse, with original songs by Kari Maaren! Hosted by the Chiaroscuro Reading Series at ROUND Venue, 152 Read more…
Tarry This Night is 100% “Bitch Approved” and makes their November Must Read short list. Says Evette Dionne, Senior Editor at Bitch Media, “Kristyn Dunnion capitalizes on [cult] fascination in her eerie novel, Tarry This Night, delivering one of the best books of 2017.” https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/bitchreads-november-selections
Five Sci Fi Books by Toronto Authors That We’re Excited To Read! Check out Suzanne Alyssa Andrew’s short short list of hot picks:Tarry This Night finds itself in excellent company, with Ron Sexsmith, Camilla Grudova, Patrick Kyle, and a kick ass anthology edited by Casey Plett and Cat Fitzpatrick. https://nowtoronto.com/art-and-books/books/five-sci-fi-books-by-toronto-authors
Jonathan Valelly had some kind, insightful words to share about Tarry This Night. “Dunnion delivers a tactful balancing act, blending cult psychology, the politics of polarization and racial resentment and traditional speculative fiction. Dunnion allows the reader entry into each sect member’s mind and experience, however untrustworthy, fraught, or even Read more…
Tarry This Night – included on CBC’s top 20 Fall Fiction Reads – is hot off the press, so order your copy from a favourite independent bookstore now! Or visit the author at various readings to get your own signed copy ….. Tuesday Sept 19, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Read more…