Canadian Literature
Prairie Fire Review of Stoop City
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/
Canadian Literature
Quickie Reading with Shannon Quinn & Kristyn Dunnion Tuesday DEC 7, 2021
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…
Announcements
New story published in Orca: A Literary Journal
Thank you to Orca: A Literary Journal for publishing the middle-aged angsty gay bear story, “Carnie Love Tug.” Sneak a peak below, and consider ordering a PDF copy of the whole issue for a modest $4 USD, or a gorgeous full colour print copy for $11.99 USD (+ shipping). Lots Read more…
Events
Appel Salon Program, Toronto Public Library Jan 19 2021
Please join me Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 from 7 pm – 8 pm for a lively discussion of my recent story collection, STOOP CITY, one of the Globe & Mail’s most anticipated Fall books. Leading the conversation will be arts journalist and producer, Aparita Bhandari. Registration is free! Visit https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT448390&R=EVT448390 Read more…
Events
All Lit UP!
Stoop City is featured in ALL LIT UP’s Indie Reading Room!Check it out for a cute Q&A, a live-recorded reading on All Lit Up’s IG account, and a generous 20% off copies of Stoop City from now until Guy Fawkes Day (November 5th for the ‘propertarian class’ as Ursula K. Read more…
Books and Stories
GET LIT on CFMU-FM
Jamie Tennant interviews me for GET LIT, his weekly podcast and radio show on CFMU-FM. We talk about the emotional but not necessarily financial rewards of the writing life, writing for social change vs social acceptance, the deep magic of city living and the gritty realism of ghosts.https://cfmu.ca/episodes/23237-get-lit-episode-for-2020-10-15
Books and Stories
STOOP CITY out September 2020 on Biblioasis
I’m thrilled to say my new story collection, STOOP CITY, is breaching Canadian bookshelves this September. You can pre-order copies at your local, friendly indie bookstore! If you’re in Toronto, try www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com , who partners with www.biblioasis.com for a virtual live launch on Tuesday September 22 at 7 PM EDT. Read more…
Books and Stories
Apocalypse Prepping Workshop with Kristyn Dunnion on Thursday November 7 2019
A hands-on, mixed media workshop where participants imagine what it might take to survive and thrive in an unknown future. What might our future/s look like, if we visualize and strategize from a place of strength and hopefulness? We’ll create visual representations or ‘blueprints’.No drawing or writing experience necessary – Read more…
Books and Stories
Toronto 2033 – the future is now!
The good folks at Spacing Magazine are celebrating 15 years of awesome urban work by launching an anthology exploring potential life in Toronto, fifteen years from now. Hence, Toronto 2033 edited by Jim Munroe, illustrated by Mathew Borrett, and directed by Matthew Blackett. Local sci fi writers were invited to Read more…
Books and Stories
Foglifter Dance Party – November 10 2018
If you happen to be in San Francisco, California, hit up STRUT, the Foglifter Launch Party Extravaganza for Volume 3 Issue 2 …. Saturday November 10, 2018 at 470 Castro Street Bubbly and dancefloor extremism and readings from the latest issue. Order a copy online and enjoy the queer delights Read more…