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Burning the Night by Glen Huser A novel for those captivated by stubborn gaps in history. From small-town Alberta, Curtis comes to Edmonton to obtain a teaching degree. There he forms a close friendship with his elderly, blind Aunt Harriet, considered a family pariah due to her eccentric enthusiasm for a lost world of artists and musicians. When Curtis begins reading aloud to Harriet the diary her intended husband Phillip kept before his death during the First World War, an obsessed Curtis examines parallels to his own life: his desire to become a skillful artist and to find fulfilling love. Timeless and essential, Governor General award-winning author Glen Huser’s Burning the Night spans across generations and distance, traversing from Vancouver to Halifax, as it bears down on the history of Canadian painting and Curtis’s awakening as a gay man.
Trade Paperback / May 15, 2021 isbn 10: 1-77439- 011-6 isbn 13: 978-1-77439- 011-5 BISAC 1: FIC011000 BISAC 2: FIC014040 BISAC 3: FIC019000 234 pp / 5.5 x 8.5 / $19.95
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“Burning the Night begins with fire; the blackened sketches and journal pages of an artist fluttering down to become memories.... This is the work of a master storyteller.” ~ Betty Jane Hegerat, author of The Boy
About The Author For several years Glen Huser was a sessional lecturer in children’s literature and creative writing at UBC in Vancouver. His first work Grace Lake was shortlisted for the 1992 W.H. SmithBooks in Canada First Novel Award. He has written several books for young adult readers including the Governor Generals’ Award-winner Stitches and the GG finalist Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen. His short stories have appeared in a number of literary magazines. Glen lives in Vancouver where he continues to write as well as pursue interests in art and film studies.
ADDITIONAL SALES POINTS • Author is a winner of the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature. • Book will appeal to fans of historical fiction and Canadian art history. MARKETING PLAN • Early digital ARC and international press release mailout. • Announcement of book’s release by email newsletter and on the NeWest Press Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages. • Podcast reading/interview posted on iTunes, RSS feed, Facebook, and NeWest website. • Press releases and review mailouts to various CBC outlets across the nation, both radio and television. • Submit to all eligible awards. • Ads in subTerrain, Alberta Views, Prairie Books Now, CNQ: Canadian Notes and Queries, Glass Buffalo, PRISM international, and Grain Magazine. • Launch events in Vancouver and Edmonton, as well as online.
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MARKETS • National trade: historical fiction • US and UK trade: historical fiction • Edmonton, AB, and Halifax, NS COMPARISON TITLES • Dazzle Patterns by Alison Watt (978-1-988298-18-4, Freehand Press, 2017) • The Maze at Windermere by Gregory Blake Smith (978-0-735221-93-2, Penguin Books, 2019) • Tell by Frances Itani (978-1-1443442-44-2, HarperCollins, 2014)
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