Dora Dueck
BIO
Biography

Dora Dueck is the award-winning author of three novels, a collection of short fiction, and most recently, a non-fiction book, Return Stroke: essays & memoir, as well as articles, essays, reviews, and stories in a variety of journals. Her novel This Hidden Thing won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award at the Manitoba Book Awards in 2011 and What You Get at Home was the High Plains Book Award winner for short fiction in 2013. Her story “Mask” won The Malahat Review’s novella contest in 2014. She blogs, now and then, at www.doradueck.com. A long-time resident of Winnipeg, she currently lives in Delta, B.C.

ADDRESS
City: Delta, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
fiction and non-fiction
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Return Stroke: essays & memoir
Publisher
CMU Press
Year
2022
Title
All That Belongs
Publisher
Turnstone Press
Year
2019
Title
What You Get At Home
Publisher
Turnstone Press
Year
2012
Title
This Hidden Thing
Publisher
CMU Press
Year
2010
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Winner of novella contest at The Malahat Review
Publication
"Mask"
Year
2014
Name
Winner, High Plains Book Award for short fiction
Publication
What You Get at Home
Year
2013
Name
Winner, McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
Publication
This Hidden Thing
Year
2011
LINKS
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
any
Presentation Genre
non-fiction (essay/memoir)
Presentation Length
30-45 minutes
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Some variation of the pleasures and process involved in investigating and writing about aspects of one's life in memoir, or essays emerging from one's life.

Presentation Fee(s)
transportation and honorarium fitting for the group; discuss in advance.
Workshop details
Audience Size
any
Intended Audience
adult
Workshop Length
1 hour
Workshop Description
Workshop description

 

Some variation of the pleasures and process involved in investigating and writing about aspects of one's life in memoir, or essays emerging from one's life.

Workshop Fee(s)
transportation and honorarium fitting for the group; discuss in advance.
Programs & Interests
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