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Sandra Nicholls

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in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Sandra Nicholls is an award-winning writer who has published two books of poetry and numerous short stories. After spending three years teaching English in a small Maritime town, she got the idea for her first novel, the quirky and darkly humorous And the Seas Shall Turn to Lemonade, published in July, 2011. She was shortlisted for the K.M.Hunter Artists Award for Literature and the Pat Lowther Award, and won the Archibald Lampman Award for her second book of poetry, Woman of Sticks, Woman of Stones. Sandra also writes song lyrics for her husband, composer and guitarist Roddy Ellias. She is currently working on a second novel, The Third Road, set in Malaya in the 1950s during the Communist uprising.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 28 ratings · 12 reviews · 6 distinct works

	And the seas shall turn to lemonade 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The untidy bride (New Canadian poets series) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991	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
	Woman of sticks, woman of stones really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997	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
	Vintage 95: The League of Canadian Poets 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	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
	Current Issues in Teaching English as as a Second Language to Adults 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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After a long break, the blog is back! An inspiring fellow writer, Gillian Wallace, tagged me to take part in The Next Big Thing,, a literary blog interview. In The Next Big Thing, writers answer ten questions about their work-in-progress, then tag five of their writer friends to do the same.

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