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Pam Bustin

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Born

in Regina, Canada

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Gay & Lesbian

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Well.... folks I love... Harper Lee, Alice Munro, Mansel Robinson, JD ...more

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June 2008

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I was raised in a host of small towns across the prairies and live (mostly) in Chapleau Ontario.

My first novel Mostly Happy was published in February 2008 by Thistledown Press. You can find out more about the book, see some pics of the Mostly Happy book tour and giggle at some videos on the Mostly Happy Page on facebook.

My play Saddles in the Rain won the John V. Hicks award in 2002, and was published by Playwrights Canada Press in the anthology The West of all Possible Worlds in 2004. My other stage plays include barefoot and The Passage of Georgia O’Keeffe. Three of my radio dramas (Coffee in Lloyd, The White Car Project and Talking with the Dead) have aired on CBC Radio and my short fiction has appeared in The New Quarterly, Spring! and ...more

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Journaling with Jenny! How I use different types of journals in my writing practice (and LIFE)

I was recently invited to do a podcast interview with Jennifer Troester about journaling.I love Jenny and her podcast and journaling, so I leapt at the chance to chat with her about it. You can leap over and listen in HERE: Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/7o0D... Applehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Or... Read more of this blog post »

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