Georgia Toews (, born April 20, 1990) is a Canadian novelist. Her debut novel ''Hey, Good Luck Out There'' was published in 2022.
Toews is frequently depicted in novels by her mother
Miriam Toews
Miriam Toews (; born 1964) is a Canadian writer and author of nine books, including ''A Complicated Kindness'' (2004), '' All My Puny Sorrows'' (2014), and '' Women Talking'' (2018). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Governor ...
, including as the teenage character Nora Von Riesen who has "archly lacerating exchanges" with her mother in ''
All My Puny Sorrows
''All My Puny Sorrows'' is the sixth novel by Canadian writer Miriam Toews. The novel won the 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize, the 2015 Folio Prize for Literature, and the 2015 W ...
'' (2014,
adapted for film in 2021).
[Lodge, G.]
"''All My Puny Sorrows'' Review: Two Sisters Debate the Merits of Living in a Sincere But Stilted Grief Drama"
''Variety'', May 6, 2022.
Education
Toews was educated at
Humber College
The Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, commonly known as Humber College, is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, Humber has two main campuses: the Humber North c ...
.
Bibliography
* ''Hey, Good Luck Out There'' (
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
:
Doubleday Canada
Doubleday Canada is an imprint of the publishing company Penguin Random House Canada. The company used to be known as Forboys. It was incorporated in 1936, and since 1945 it has been known as Doubleday Canada Limited. In 1986 parent company Doubl ...
, 2022),
References
Further reading
Toews, G.
"Alcohol doesn’t define me any more, but that doesn’t mean I don’t miss it" ''
The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', June 4, 2022
External links
Georgia Toews at Doubleday Canada
*
1990 births
Living people
Canadian humorists
Canadian women novelists
Women humorists
Writers from Winnipeg
Mennonite writers
Canadian Mennonites
Mennonite humorists
21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian women writers
Canadian people of German-Ukrainian descent
Humber College alumni
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