Marion Alice Coburn Farrant (born April 5, 1947) is a

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writer and journalist. She lives in

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Career

Farrant has written

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, and a

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, as well as

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s and essays for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. Her memoir, ''My Turquoise Years'', which she adapted for the stage, premiered April 4 - May 4, 2013 at the Arts Club Theatre's Granville Island Stage in

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. Her novel, ''The Strange Truth About Us – A Novel of Absence'', was chosen by ''The Globe & Mail'' as one of the Best Books of 2012. ''The World Afloat – Miniatures'', a collection of very short fiction, was published by

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in the spring of 2014 and won the City of Victoria Book Butler Book Prize for that year. She has taught writing at the

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, the Victoria School of Writing, the

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, and was Writer-In-Residence at

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Bibliography

*The Great Happiness-miniatures, Fiction, Spring 2019, Talonbooks *The Days-Forecasts, Warnings, Advice, Fiction, Fall 2016, Talonbooks, (paperback); (kindle); (pdf) *The World Afloat, Talonbooks, Spring, 2014, , e-book available April 1, 2014 *The Strange Truth About Us – a novel of absence, Talonbooks, October, 2011, 216 pages, ; e-publication, 2012; audio book, Recorded Books, USA, Maple Leaf Series, 2013. Narrator: Tandy Cronin *Down the Road to Eternity—New & Selected Fiction, Talonbooks, 285 pages, Fall, 2009, ; e-publication, 2013; audio book, Audible, USA, 2012. Narrator: Karyn O'Bryant *The Secret Lives of Litterbugs, Non-fiction/humour, Key Porter Books, 230 pages, Spring, 2009; E-publication, Pacific Place Publishing, 2011; Kindle/Amazon.Com, 2011; audio book, Audible, USA, 2012. Narrator: Erin Moon *The Breakdown So Far, Short Fiction, Talonbooks, Vancouver, B.C., 2007, , 160 pages *My Turquoise Years, Non-fiction/Memoir, Greystone/Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, B.C. 2004, , 186 pages, Canada & U.S; E-publication, Greystone/Douglas & McIntyre, Spring 2011; audio book, Audible, USA, 2012. Narrator: Erin Moon *Darwin Alone In The Universe; Short fiction, Talonbooks, Vancouver B.C., 2003, , 160 pages, e-publication 2012 *Girls Around The House, Linked stories, (Polestar Book Publishers/Raincoast) 1999, Victoria & Vancouver, 156 pages ; e-published Pacific Place Publishing, 2011; audio book, Audible, USA, 2012. Narrator: Justine Eyre *Gifts, Short fiction, Hawthorne Society by Reference West, Victoria, November 1999, 24 pages limited edition, 150 copies, , *What's True, Darling, Short fiction, Polestar Book Publishers/Raincoast, 1997, Vancouver & Victoria B.C., 181 pages , *Word of Mouth, Novella & Short Fiction Short fiction, Thistledown Press, 1996, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 136 pages, , *Altered Statements, Short fiction, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, B.C., 1995, 144 pgs, , *Raw Material, Short fiction, Arsenal Pulp Press, 1993, Vancouver, B.C., 136 pgs, , *Sick Pigeon, Short fiction, Thistledown Press, 1991, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 96 pgs, ,

Anthologies

*A Rewording Life – Finding Meaning, Alzheimers Fundraising anthology, Sheryl Gordon, Editor, Fall, 2015 *K1N, Issue 5, 2014.06, L'Ecole de Dressage, Translated by Annick Geoffroy-Skuce *50 Poems for Gordon Lightfoot, Leacock Museum, Orillia, Ontario, Anthology, November 2014, "Postcards" *Imaginarium 2013, Best Canadian Specultive Fiction, ChiZine pub, Three stories from Geist, Toronto, 2013 *111 West Coast Portraits, Photographs by Barry Peterson & Blaise Enright, Mother Tongue Press, October, 2012, "Author Interview" *Framing the Garden, Art & Words, Linda Rogers, Editor, Ekstasis Editions, December, 2011 *Slice Me Some Truth, Non-fiction, Luanne Armstrong & Zoe Landale, Editors, Wolsak & Wynn, Fall, 2011 *ditch, anthology 2 (Canadian women innovative poets), Trainwreck Press, *St Johns, NFLD, 160 pages, published online, "Point Ten" *Wordscapes Youth Arts Journal, Ripple Effect Arts and Literature Society (REAL); distributed to high schools in British Columbia; "Jane and Mr. Leaky", 2008 *Imagining Place, BC Federation of Writers Anthology, Anvil Press, Daniel Francis, Editor, May, 2008, "The Secret Lives of Litterbugs" *Apples Under the Bed, Hedgerow Press, Fall 2007; "Baked Salmon" *Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour, Will Ferguson, Editor, "The Heartspeak Wellness Retreat", March, 2006, *This I Know, Dropped Threads, #3, Random House Canada, Editor, Marjorie Anderson, April 2006, "The Gospel According to Elsie", *bill bissett Tribute Anthology, "A Universe Runs Through Him", Nightwood Editions, Spring 2006 *George Bowering Birthday Anthology, Coach House Press, 2006, "Happy Birthday", December 2005- *White Gloves of the Doorman, Anthology on the work of Leon Rooke, edited by Branko Gorgup, 2004, Exile Editions, Toronto; commissioned piece, "Fat Leon". *Reading the Peninsula, ed by

Sara Dowse Sara Dowse (born 12 November 1938) is an American-born Australian feminist, author, critic, social commentator, and visual artist. Her novels include ''Schemetime'' published in 1990, ''Sapphires'', and ''As the Lonely Fly'', and she has contribu ...

, 2003 (Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula), Sidney B.C., Skidney *Listening with the Ear of the Heart, Edited by Dave Margoshes, August 2003, (St Peter's Press, Sask,) The Mirror, *Ripple Effect Press, All Wound Up: Alternative Writing from British Columbia, 2002, Vancouver B.C. , Darwin Alone in the Universe, Jane and Mr. Leakey *Neuvo Argomenti, edited by Branko Gorgup, Rome, Italy, Special edition of English Canadian Writing, in translation, Summer 2001, , Starring Lotta Hitchmanova *And Other Stories, edited by George Bowering, Talon, Vancouver B.C. Spring/Summer 2001, Vancouver B.C. , Studies Show/Experts Say *Exact Fare Only—Good, Bad & Ugly Rides on Public Transportation, edited by Grant Buday, Anvil Press, February 1, 2001, , Vancouver B.C. Gifts *Tesseracts 7, Speculative Fiction, edited by Paula Johanson & Jean-Louis Trudel, Tesseracts Books, Edmonton, title story Altered Statements from the book Altered Statements, 1998, ISBN *The Concrete Forest, Urban fiction, edited by Hal Niedviecki, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, title story Altered Statements from the book Altered Statements, April 1998, ISBN *Moosehead Anthology of Postcard Fiction, edited by Robert Allen, DC Books, Montreal, "Happy Birthday" & "bed", Spring 1997, *What Is Already Known, Thistledown Press Ltd. 20th Anniversary Anthology, edited by Sean Virgo, "Stealing George" from Sick Pigeon , Fall 1995 *On Spec: The First Five Years, (Books Collective: Copper Pig Writer's Society & Tesseracts Books), "Fish", , Spring 1995 *Witness to Wilderness: The Clayoquot Sound Anthology, (Arsenal Pulp Press), "Fish", , 1994 *Going Down Swinging, Australia, Annual Anthology, Selected Fiction, , 1993 *Snapshots: The New Canadian Fiction, (Black Moss Press), Selected fiction, . 1992 *Going Down Swinging, Australia, (Hit And Miss Publications), Environmental Issues, "Fish", , 1992

Chapbooks

*Farfield Press, 2003 *Farfield Press, 2002 *Far Field Press, Anthology, ed Allan Brown, 2001, Skidney *fingerprinting inkoperated, "Diana Ross In Wax", April 1997 *fingerprinting inkoperated, "Three" - Memorial to David UU", originally to be published as "Three" by The Berkeley Horse, #55, October 1994; released May 1995. *fingerprinting inkoperated, "M A C", Montreal, Quebec, 1992 *The Berkeley Horse, (Silver Birch Press), "Poor Norman", No 32, 1991 *The Berkeley Horse, (Silver Birch Press), "childless", No 28, 1990 *The Berkeley Horse, (Silver Birch Press), "Raw Material", No 18, 1989

References

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