
Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner I'm reading at Words Alive on September 20. The readings take place on a gorgeous estate in Sharon, ON. Should be a great time!
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Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner I'm Writer-in-Residence for Open Book Toronto this month and it's a lot of fun. I get to write whatever I want about my favourite books and writers. And I can finally tell my parents that I have a job.
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I read a lot of first-person novels narrated by women. It’s a predilection of mine, maybe even a habit. There’s just something about hearing the “I” of another woman’s voice that affects me viscerally, an old pigtail-trigger response I blame on Sylvia Plath. ...

Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner Where We Have to Go is reviewed in The Globe and Mail!
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A sombre but playful saga of a nerdy girl’s fight for herself and her family

Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner
Until someone tipped me off about Flannery O'Connor, and Ms. Dickinson, I thought writers found themselves out on the open road, like folks in a Chevy commercial. Fortunately I was wrong.
Today, as part of my Open Book Toronto writer-in-residency,
I discuss about my romantic/neurotic attachment to my hometown,
plus six other Toronto writers talk about their favourite reading and writing spots in the city.
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The literary myth that writers must leave their hometowns in order to write about them played a big role in my teenage imagination. I fantasized about doing dishes in Paris like Orwell or risking it all ...

Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner My name appears in the same article as Ann Hathaway's and Sasha Baron Cohen's...this may not happen again, so I'll enjoy it.
Ms Hathaway & Mr Dow get raves, Ms Alley gets ornery, and Ms Kirshner tells us where to go « By Geor
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NO PEOPLE LIKE SHOW PEOPLE: She was mentored by Margaret Atwood, and talent clearly runs in her family. So I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that it was standing room only last week at the Gladstone when

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With her hands folded in front of her, standing in a dress of black and cascading gold ruffles and wearing dangly earrings, novelist Lauren Kirshner looked as if she was ready to go to prom.

Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner Nice review in NOW!
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Lucy’s got a lot to worry about. Her parents are breaking up, she’s too brainy to make it in the social scene and she’s stopped eating.

Karen Lauren: I am so proud of you. I have read some excerpts on line but will be first in line at the store tomorrow to pick up a copy.

Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner My experienceto.com interview. I talk about writing Toronto and why teenagehood's still on my mind.
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This month Lauren Kirshner luminous novel Where We Have To Go hits bookshelves and she is receiving rave reviews for her sassy story of a girl named Lucy. Experience Toronto had the chance to chat with the Toronto author...

Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner My sister bought me a Flip camera for my birthday two days ago, and I love it because it has only three buttons which makes screwing up almost impossible. Tanner used the Flip to make this video of me opening my box of books. New books, birthday sunshine, superhero cat action...can I ask for anything more?!
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