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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Skin Hunger
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ottawa author Frances Boyle and Calgary-based Susan
  Carpenter for an evening of readings and cross-genre discussions. They wil
 l present their debut novels: Susan's Bad Advice published in April by Now 
 Or Never Publishing\, and Frances's Skin Hunger\, which is just out from Gu
 ernica Editions \n\nAbout the Book \nWhen passionate young animal lover Row
 an Shea falls in with a group of radical animal liberationists\, she must n
 avigate fine lines between activism and extremism\, and between sex and int
 imacy to learn where true connection can be found. Rowan’s estranged moth
 er Evie struggles with mental health challenges and a conviction that her e
 ssence will harm her child\, yet yearns to be re-united with Rowan. Skin Hu
 nger deftly intertwines themes of motherhood and psychosis\, human-animal r
 elations\, and the essential need for physical touch while exploring compli
 cated friendships and infighting in a cast of well-meaning activists. A sto
 ry for our own age of activism and mental health awareness\, Frances Boyleâ
 €™s sensitively nuanced novel breathes life into community and connection. 
 \n\nAbout the Authors \nFrances Boyle (she/her) is the author of Seeking Sh
 ade\, an award-winning short story collection\, Tower\, a Rapunzel-channeli
 ng novella\, and three poetry collections\, most recently Openwork and Lime
 stone from Alberta's own Frontenac House. Her stories\, poems and reviews a
 re widely published\, and her work has won and been shortlisted for numerou
 s awards and prizes. Her volunteering includes Arc Poetry Magazine\, The Le
 ague of Canadian Poets\, and Ottawa’s VERSeFest poetry festival. Born in 
 Red Deer and raised in Regina\, Frances has long lived in Ottawa on unceded
  unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe land. Skin Hunger is her first novel. 
 For more\, visit www.francesboyle.com\n\nhttps://tourism-calgary.kasia.pape
 rleaf.dev/events/book-launch-skin-hunger\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events
 /1730193404723109/
LOCATION:Shelf Life Books\, 1302 4 St Sw\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2R 0X8
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