It’s such a thrill to receive the actual book, even a provisional one! Thank you Biblioasis for publishing A Way to Be Happy! Pre-order from Biblioasis here or from Amazon.ca.

I’m excited to share the cover of my upcoming collection of short stories, A Way to Be Happy, publishing 10 September with Biblioasis. For details, and to pre-order, click here.

So happy to have my new collection of short stories coming out with Biblioasis. Look out for A Way to Be Happy, Fall 2024!

I’m delighted to have been interviewed by Open Book about Off the Record and the author-editor relationship. Read the interview here.

I’m delighted to have a snippet of my contribution to Off the Record excerpted in Quill and Quire. Read it here. The entire volume, featuring interviews with Kristyn Dunnion, Cynthia Flood, Shaena Lambert, Elise Levine and Kathy Page, is both entertaining and insightful for readers and writers at all stages of their careers.

Excited to be part of this anthology. Publisher’s Weekly says: “In this edifying volume, short story writer Metcalf (Temerity & Gall) pairs shorts by Canadian authors Caroline Adderson, Kristyn Dunnion, Cynthia Flood, Shaena Lambert, Elise Levine, and Kathy Page with the writers’ meditations on their processes and literary careers… Aspiring writers will be enlightened.” Read more about the book here. Read the PW review here.

I’ll be giving a 2-hour workshop on Writing Narrative Scenes as part of the Sidney Literary Festival. For more information about the festival, and to register, please click here.

I’m thrilled to be hosting this writing retreat with the inimitable Kathy Page. If you are a writer, childhood can be your creative Eden. Whether you want to use childhood experiences directly as subject matter in fiction, memoir or poetry, or translate the powerfully imprinted memories and sensations into “emotional autobiography,” or capture the child’s point of view when writing juvenile fiction, this retreat aims to make more available this resource that is unique to you. For more information, and to register, click here.

Doubly-delighted to have my story, “All My Auld Acquaintances Are Gone,” not only selected for Best Canadian Stories 2023, but chosen as the winner of the Metcalf-Rooke Award. Originally published in Canadian Notes and Queries, you can read the story here. Many thanks to Biblioasis for championing the short story form in the Best Canadian series.

My story “All Our Auld Acquaintances Are Gone,” originally published in Canadian Notes and Queries, can now be read online. Enjoy it here!