Emma Hooper
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]
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 CBC Reads, championed by Michelle Morgan.[8]
She teaches regularly for Arvon, and runs writing courses annually in Spain with the author Samantha Harvey.[9]
Bibliography
[edit]- Etta and Otto and Russell and James. Simon & Schuster. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4767-5567-0.
- Our Homesick Songs. Simon & Schuster. 2018. ISBN 978-1-5011-2448-8.
- We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky. Penguin Canada. 2023. ISBN 978-0-735-23276-1.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Lederman, Marsha (22 February 2015). "How a move to England helped Emma Hooper write about Saskatchewan". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Creative Writing News". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Moore, Dene (3 August 2018). "Emma Hooper's book about Newfoundland, Our Homesick Songs, is 'lovely and lyrical'". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Meet the Canada Reads 2025 contenders". CBC Books. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Workshops". Samantha Harvey. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
