Lorna Jackson

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Lorna Jackson


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A classically trained vocalist who spent a decade singing country rock in small-town BC bars, a big city Vancouver girl who shears sheep and plants corn in the country on Vancouver Island, an exacting university writing teacher by day and raucous hockey aficionado by night: Lorna Jackson is full of the sort of contradictions that make for bright, original writing.

After the saloon singing years, Jackson returned to university to pursue degrees in English and take writing classes with Jack Hodgins and Mark Anthony Jarman. By the end of her student years at UVic, she had published a collection of short stories, Dressing for Hope (Gooselane Editions, 1995) and was teaching in the departments of English and Writing. Her first novel, A Game to P
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Next Chapter: The Man Game

I’m delighted to join the fine folks on CBC’s new book show, “The Next Chapter,” to yak about books with a sporty angle. I recorded an episode last week with the so-literate and lovely host, Shelagh Rogers. We mused about two novels that explore sport and identity in very different ways. The hope is that I’ll contribute semi-regularly.

Why me? Well apart from my obvious interest in writing about sp Read more of this blog post »
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Published on October 28, 2008 19:20
Average rating: 3.88 · 58 ratings · 13 reviews · 8 distinct works
Cold-Cocked: On Hockey

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Soul Regression Therapy: Pa...

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Flirt: The Interviews

3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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A Game to Play on the Tracks

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003
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Dressing for Hope

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995
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Sam The SUPERSTAR Puppy

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“This new hockey was a barn full of jubilant line dancers and they grabbed my arm - me, slouching against hay bales in the darkest corner, worried about my weak knee, that I might pop a rib or want a cold beer or twelve, that I wouldn't know the steps and was dressed all wrong, that I was too fucking old - and dragged me onto the floor and joined me up to the long and twisting line. "Dance," said the game.”
Lorna Jackson, Cold-Cocked: On Hockey
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“Fans like me don't watch hockey, we read it. The hockey nexus - the league, owners, teams, players, media and advertisers - under-reads hockey and overlooks those parts of the game women respond to, like scruffish players in sharp suits saying hi to Mom back home in Cranbrook.”
Lorna Jackson, Cold-Cocked: On Hockey



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