Emma Hooper

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Emma Hooper is a Canadian writer. She is most notable for her 2018 novel Our Homesick Songs, which was named as longlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize. [1]

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Born and raised in Alberta, Hooper moved to England in 2004 after completing her Bachelor of Arts in music and writing at the University of Alberta. [2] She completed a Master of Arts in creative writing at Bath Spa University before undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy in creative and critical writing at the University of East Anglia, which she completed in 2010. [3] She subsequently taught at Bath Spa University. Her debut novel, Etta and Otto and Russell and James, was published in 2015, [4] and was a shortlisted finalist for the amazon.ca First Novel Award. [5] Our Homesick Songs followed in 2018. [6]

We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky was longlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023. [7] In 2025, Etta and Otto and Russell and James was a finalist for Canada Reads, championed by Michelle Morgan. [8]

She teaches regularly for Arvon, and runs writing courses annually in Spain with the author Samantha Harvey. [9]

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  1. ↑ van Koeverden, Jane (17 September 2018). "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Lederman, Marsha (22 February 2015). "How a move to England helped Emma Hooper write about Saskatchewan". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Creative Writing News". University of East Anglia . Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Mandel, Emily St John (29 January 2015). "Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper – fairytale friendships and the great outdoors". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Medley, Mark (21 May 2015). "Alix Hawley's All True Not A Lie In It wins Amazon.ca First Novel Award". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Moore, Dene (3 August 2018). "Emma Hooper's book about Newfoundland, Our Homesick Songs, is 'lovely and lyrical'". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Dundas, Deborah (8 March 2023). "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Meet the Canada Reads 2025 contenders". CBC Books . 23 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Workshops". Samantha Harvey. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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