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Nerys Parry

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in Berkeley, Great Britain, The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Nerys Parry’s writing has aired on CBC radio and appeared in diverse publications. Her work has been shortlisted for the Kenneth R. Wilson Canadian Business Press Award, FreeFall’s Fall Fiction Contest, and the Event Non-Fiction Award. Man & Other Natural Disasters, finalist for the Colophon Prize, is her first novel. Parry holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from Queen’s and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UBC. She lives in Ottawa with her husband, two children, one dog, two cats and her son's colony of ants. ...more

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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

by Johann Hari

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