A new voice in Canadian fiction
Inspired by the people, places and things around her, author Lucy E. M. Black is making her mark in Canadian Literature with three beautifully crafted books and a fourth one on the way!
Lucy E.M. Black is an educator who studied creative writing and earned an M.A. in nineteenth-century British fiction. Lucy is a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada. She has published short stories in Ireland, the UK, the United States and Canada. Black is also the author of a collection of short fiction, The Marzipan Fruit Basket (Inanna Publications, June 2017). Eleanor Courtown, a work of historical fiction, was released by Seraphim Editions in October 2017. She lives with her husband in a small town near Toronto.
The Brickworks – Coming Soon
In 1879, the Tay Bridge disaster in Scotland was a shocking event of international significance. The Brickworks starts with the collapse of the Tay Bridge and the repercussions of the catastrophe.
The manuscript demonstrates the contemporaneous sense of globalization and possibility that took place at the turn of the twentieth century. Central to the work is a cautionary tale about the effects of industrialization on both the landscape and the lives of those for whom it initially held such potential.
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THE BRICKWORKS BOOK LAUNCH
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The Marzipan Fruit Basket
The stories in this collection are unified by a sense of dislocation. In each of the pieces, there is an underlying element of disturbance and disharmony. Resolution threads its way through the narratives while the characters struggle to navigate conscious choices and come to terms with new realities.
Eleanor Courtown
The story of a young woman of privilege. When her cousin marries and sails for Canada in the 1870s, Eleanor determines to follow. Having left home in secret, she soon has reason to regret her decision. Friendless in a strange new country, both women fall victim to a brutality that threatens to destroy them.
Stella’s Carpet
Exploring the intergenerational consequences of trauma, including those of a Holocaust survivor and a woman imprisoned during the Iranian Revolution, Stella’s Carpet weaves together the lives of those stepping outside the shadows of their own harrowing histories to make decisions about how they will choose to live.
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