Young Adult Fiction Short Stories
The ANNEthology
A Collection of Kindred Spirits Inspired by the Canadian Icon
- Publisher
- Acorn Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2024
- Category
- Short Stories
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781773661537
- Publish Date
- Jun 2024
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Who is YOUR Anne?
Join ten of Canada's top young adult fiction writers as they set Canada's favourite red-haired orphan, Anne Shirley, on brand new adventures. With its futuristic settings, cybernetic beings, ghosts, mysterious books and boxes, and racial and sexual diversity in its cast of characters, The ANNEthology offers serious "scope for the imagination" for all readers.
2024 marks the 150th anniversary of L.M. Montgomery's birth and the 30th anniversary of Acorn Press, Prince Edward Island's longest-running traditional publishing house. What better way to celebrate these milestones than publishing a collection of stories inspired by the Island's (and one of Canada's) most beloved authors?
Sure to include something for everyone, this is a must-have collection for Anne of Green Gables fans.
About the authors
Glitterature writer Paul Coccia is the author of Cub, The Player, I Got You Babe, Leon Levels Up, and On The Line (co-authored with Eric Walters). Paul has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. You can often find him baking in his Toronto kitchen with his three dogs, nephew, and a parrot who loves spaghetti and French fries. Follow him @pauljcoccia on Instagram and Twitter.
Shari Green spent a large portion of her childhood summers reading stacks of library books, and she’s still in love with stories today. Her acclaimed novels for young readers include Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess, which was a USBBY Outstanding International Book, a Junior Library Guild selection, the winner of the ALA Schneider Family Middle School Book Award, and a finalist for a dozen reader’s choice awards. Missing Mike was nominated for ten reader’s choice awards and selected as an NCTE Notable Poetry Book, among many other honors. Shari lives in Campbell River, British Columbia.
Susie Moloney is an award-winning writer of novels, short fiction, television, and film. A proud Elmwood girl who made good, she tends to write about the lesser blessed, and the literally and figuratively haunted. Her new film Romi is on the festival circuit, and she's writing a collection of short fiction based on the summer her mom died. She's got a great dog named Scrappy, who bites. Petter beware!
