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Heather Nolan

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in St. John's, Canada

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Fiction, Contemporary, Poetry

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Renata Adler, Leonard Cohen, Kate Zambreno, Amina Cain, Heather O'Neil ...more

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Heather Nolan is an author, poet, songwriter and photographer from St. John’s, Newfoundland. Their poetry and prose have appeared in journals and anthologies across Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.. They won the 2019 Gregory J. Power Poetry Award, and were longlisted for the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize. They are the author of This is Agatha Falling (Pedlar, 2019), which was shortlisted for the ReLit Award and long listed for the BMO Winterset Award, as well as the poetry collection Land of the Rock: Talamh an Carraig (Breakwater, 2022). Their sophomore novel, How to Be Alone, is forthcoming from Goose Lane in 2023.

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	How to Be Alone 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of the Rock: Talamh an Carraig 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is Agatha Falling by Heather Nolan (Goodreads Author), Monica Kidd 4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Event Poetry and Prose Issue 48/3 : Notes on Writing Issue by Shashi Bhat (Editor), Philip Huynh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), John Elizabeth Stintzi (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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