Shauna is currently working
on another novel
We are not in Pakistan: stories has been published by Goose Lane Editions in North America.
A Reader's Guide Edition of
English Lessons and Other Stories
was released in North America in
April 2008.
Feb 2010
Nov-Dec 2009
Subcontinent editions of We Are Not in Pakistan and English Lessons and Other Stories released by Rupa Publications India.
March 2009
Nothing Must Spoil This Visit, a short story from English Lessons, was included in Passages: 24 Modern Indian Stories (Signet Classics)
April - Sept 2008
Shauna served alongside fellow novelists Jane Urquhardt and Greg Hollingshead as a juror for the 2008 Governor General of Canada fiction awards.One hundred and sixty nine novels were submitted this year. The 'GG' for fiction is a $25,000 prize. Five finalists were announced Oct 21 and the winner, announced Nov 18, 2008 is:
Nino Ricci for The Origin of Species.
June 2008
Shauna was a guest of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre to work with Nevena Dichlieva-Krysteva (Bulgaria) on a Bulgarian translation of What the Body Remembers. She participated, along with fellow novelist Elizabeth Hays and the playwright Évelyne de la Chenelière in a panel called Beyond Words. You can read her presentation here.
Shauna gave a reading from We Are Not in Pakistan at Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops
in Milwaukee, WI
Shauna attended the Printer's Row Book Fair in Chicago, for a signing session re A Stranger Among Us. Shauna's story A View From the Mountain is included in this anthology published by Other Voices press.
May 2008
Shauna gave a reading and participated in a panel discussion at Redbird Studios
April 2008
Shauna gave a reading along with Helen Humphreys at the Toronto Reference Library
Shauna gave readings from her books and spoke to students of creative writing at the University of WI at La Crosse.
October 2007
Shauna participated in the Ottawa International Writers Festival, giving a reading and discussion at the The National Gallery and Archives in Ottawa.
Shauna participated in the reading series Caught in the Creative Act, reading and discussing What the Body Remembers and The Tiger Claw at the Univ of South Carolina.
Sept 2007
Shauna gave two readings at Winnipeg's Thin Air Festival
Book launch reading from We Are Not in Pakistan
June 2007
Shauna signed advance reading copies of We Are Not in Pakistan for booksellers attending BookExpo Toronto
Shauna spoke about the writing life at the Faculty Club, U of Alberta. She taught Elements of Storytelling at Women's Words at the University of Alberta Extension.
May 2007
CBC Radio broadcast Shauna's essay "I believe Men have the Power to be Feminine."
April 2007.
Shauna taught in the Writing with Style Program of the Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada discussing Chapter One of the Novel.
November 2006
Toronto, Canada: Shauna gave a reading at York University. Canadian Writers in Person Reading Series
Oct 2006
Bali, Indonesia: Shauna participated in panel discussions and gave readings at the Ubud Writers Festival. She also presented a half-day workshop: Elements of Storytelling.
Sept 2006
Sidney, BC, Canada: Shauna gave a reading from The Tiger Claw at the Red Brick Cafe.
Vancouver, BC Canada: What the Body Remembers was designated the One Book to read for students of University College of the Fraser Valley. After the students held two bookclub meetings to discuss, Shauna was invited to read and sign her books at the college. Shauna also gave a reading from English Lessons at the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies and Research, Univ. College of the Fraser Valley. She was featured on the cover of Mehfil.
July 2006 Top
July 7th, 2006 Vancouver, BC Canada: Shauna gave a reading at UBC's Green College.
Lezioni d'inglese: The Italian edition of English Lessons and Other Stories released by www.fbe-edizioni.com.
June 2006
June 23, 2006: Shauna gave the keynote address Being a Writer at the Great Lakes Writers Workshop in Milwaukee, WI USA. Talk was followed by a reception and book signing.
March 2006
March 17 - April 6, Shauna travelled to India to research her novel-in-progress.
March 12, 06: Shauna was a guest on Jean Feraca's Here on Earth - Global Radio Converations WHAD 90.7 FM. Listen to the podcast on your computer.
Feb 2006:
Prosoretz Publications purchased Bulgarian Rights for What the Body Remembers
Info-hunting for Fiction: On Feb 8 Shauna taught a special topic session in Fiction at Redbird Studios in Milwaukee.
January 2006
The Tiger Claw was shortlisted for India's Hutch Crossword Award. A story by Shauna,
The View from the Mountain was published in
December 2005:
Shauna was featured for her fiction in India's Hindustan Times among people who have made breakthroughs in their fields in 2005.
The Greek edition of What The Body Remembers was published in Dec 2005.
November 2005:
Nov 3: Shauna read at the Heliconian Club in Toronto. 35 Hazelton Avenue Toronto.
Shauna completed a new manuscript and sent it to her agents, Westwood Creative Artists.
September 2005
Shauna participated in panel discussions and gave readings from The Tiger Claw and What the Body Remembers at the Berlin International Literary Festival.
Italian rights for English Lessons and Other Stories were sold to FBE Edizione. Pub date: June 2006.
August 2005
Shauna travelled to Holland to release the Dutch edition of The Tiger Claw, published by Uitgeverij De Geus.
She gave a reading at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Arts in Sechelt, BC,
July 2005 Top
The Tiger Claw was released by Vintage Canada in paperback on July 26.
Shauna gave a reading from What the Body Remembers and discussed her writing process with members of Bookbags Bookclub , Milwaukee.
June 2005
Shauna taught a fiction seminar at the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension in Edmonton
May, 2005
Shauna gave a speech "Writers in a Time of Terrorism" for the Annual General Meeting of The Writer's Union of Canada, and a reading from The Tiger Claw at the Toronto Public Library.
April 2005
Shauna gave readings at Bleu-Met-Bleu in Montreal and participated in a panel discussion broadcast by CBC Radio.
March 2005 Top
Jan 2005
Shauna traveled to New Delhi, India where Her Excellency HC Mrs Lucie Edwards and Penguin India released a subcontinent edition of The Tiger Claw at Canada House on January 21, 2005.
She also participated in a discussion event "Words of Women," in conversation with French scholar Maud Girard-Geslan.
November 2004
Shauna gave a reading with other Giller Prize finalists on Oct 31 at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto. She was hosted by The Ragdale Foundation in Illinois for a two-week writer's residency.
The Tiger Claw became a finalist for Canada's 2004 Giller Prize. Along with the other nominees, Shauna gave a reading at the International Festival of Authors.
Shauna gave readings at the Vancouver International Writer's Festival
Shauna gave a reading from The Tiger Claw at Chapters in Victoria BC..
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