The Biggest Modern Writer in the World
Susan Swan is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer who loves getting in your face about politics and literature. She is currently writing a nonfiction book titled Bigger: A Memoir of Life with a Large Body. She’s also working on a book about a false rape allegation titled, Because He was A Man. Updates to follow.
When you think of the giants in Canadian literature, chances are you think of writers such as Michael Ondaatje, Alice Munro or Margaret Atwood. Few readers these days remember Constance Beresford-Howe, who wrote ground-breaking novels about the struggle of women to be autonomous. You may not know about her because she was shy. Or because, …
No matter what he says, he believes what he says when he says it An Unpublished Short Story from The Dead Celebrities Club. Originally Published in Now Magazine, November 26, 2019. He was called lizard man at school but he didn’t let it bother him. He isn’t really scaly. The look of his skin …
The Literary Review of Canada wrote an article about my new novel, The Dead Celebrities Club, and it’s deconstruction of the marketed, monetary value first language and society we have developed in the 21st century. Examining the way Stéphane Larue and I look at financial characters and stories, the article talks about how our novels …
Post Media Columnist Praises The Dead Celebrities Club: To read an excerpt from the novel, Click Here.
Off to Jail Excerpt: The Dead Celebrities Club Anxiously, I follow the C.O. into a room the size of my walk-in closet in the Receiving and Discharging Building. I have purposefully worn an old, double-breasted suit, and when the C.O. asks if he should mail my clothes home, I suggest he burn them. The man …
In Susan Swan’s new novel, The Dead Celebrities Club, Dale Paul isn’t just looking for legal redemption but also forgiveness from those he claims to love. So we asked – Can someone convicted of financial crimes be redeemed? Thank you to our video participants!Cher Jones Cher Jones Social Media TrainerStephen Thomas Halo AdvisoryFrancina Grazette Necesse NaturalsZoe Share SchmoozKevin HuhnAlan …