Amanda K. Hale is a Canadian writer and daughter of Esoteric Hitlerist

James Larratt Battersby James Larratt Battersby (5 February 1907 – 14–29 September 1955) was a British fascist and pacifist, and a member of the Battersby family of hatmakers of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. He was forced to retire from the family firm du ...

Background

Born in England, she emigrated to

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

, Canada. She studied at Concordia University and received an M.A. in Creative Writing Drama. Now she divides her time between

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and

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, the UK and Cuba. "As a creative person, Hale has travelled back and forth between visual art, theatre, and writing." Her first novel, ''Sounding the Blood,'' was "a finalist for the BC Relit Awards" and was included in NOW Magazine's Top Ten books for 2001, has been on several university reading lists in Canada, the U.S., and in Europe; and has been adapted as a screenplay. Her writing has been published in numerous Canadian and American literary magazines, and two of her books have been translated into Spanish. Hale has been active in the arts and writing community as a co-founder of Red Tree visual arts (1989); as a member of the Broadside feminist collective (1982–88); as vice-president of the Hornby Island Arts Council, and as a board member of the Hornby Island Festival Society.

Works

Novels

*''Sounding the Blood'', 2001,

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*''The Reddening Path'', 2007,

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. A Spanish edition, ''El Sendero Encarnado'' was launched in July 2008 by Verdecielo Ediciones and presented at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in November 2008. *''My Sweet Curiosity'', 2009,

- Long-listed for the 2010 ReLit Award for Fiction *''Mad Hatter'', 2019, Guernica Editions

Plays

* ''The Medical Show'' * ''Re-production''

Short fiction

* ''In the Embrace of the Alligator'' (Collection of short fiction), 2011,Thistledown Press. A Spanish edition: ''En Brazos del Caimán''

Creative nonfiction

* "Death of Pedro Ivan", Creative Non-Fiction Winner for ''

Prism International ''Prism International'' (styled ''PRISM international'') is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1959, it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine. The magazine was started with name ''Prism'' ...

'', 2008 * "Senora Amable Ponce", Creative Non-Fiction Finalist for ''

The Malahat Review ''The Malahat Review'' is a Canadian quarterly literary magazine established in 1967. It features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian litera ...

'', 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Amanda Living people Canadian women novelists 21st-century Canadian artists 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women short story writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers Concordia University alumni Artists from Toronto Writers from Toronto Writers from British Columbia 21st-century Canadian women writers English emigrants to Canada Year of birth missing (living people)