Name: Western Taxidermy
Brand: Newest Press (CA)
SKU: 9781927063118
Price: 15.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

Western Taxidermy

By (author): Barb Howard

Published by Newest Press (CA)

In Stock

£15.99

Published: 01-Mar-2012
ISBN: 9781927063118

Paperback
208 Pages

Subjects:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Roadkill stuffed and presented as art, an OB/GYN appointment gone horribly wrong, and government spies with a weakness for salmon bagels and Timmy Ho's. Tender, satirical, and occasionally absurd, Barb Howard's story collection is a perfect introduction to one of Western Canada's most high-spirited literary voices. In these sixteen stories, Howard effortlessly balances wry social commentary and prairie gothic, pairing humans and animals in clever and unexpected ways.

Barb Howard is an author and editor who worked as a lawyer prior to completing her MA in creative writing. She has published three novels and a collection of short stories. Her writing has appeared in anthologies and magazines across Canada, including The New Quarterly, Grain, The Dalhousie Review and Alberta Views. In 2009, Barb won the Writers Guild of Alberta Howard O'Hagan Award for short fiction. In 2012, she is shortlisted for the Howard O'Hagan Award and for the Ross Annett Award for children's literature. Barb lives in Bragg Creek, Alberta.