“Savage, inventive and very, very funny.”
Brooke Davis,
author of Lost & Found
Montreal Review of Books
Send More Tourists…
the Last Ones Were Delicious
is featured in the Fall 2019 edition of the Montreal Review of Books.
The Telegram
The Telegram’s Joan Sullivan says Send More Tourists…
the Last Ones Were Delicious
stories show “incredible” range, “an impressive debut“!
The Miramichi Reader
Send More Tourists…
the Last Ones Were Delicious makes the longlist for the Miramichi Reader’s “Very Best Book” Award!
Bookalong
“…a witty and original ride…”
Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious is one of Bookalong’s favourite 2019 reads!
Book Remarks
Harold Walters says the stories in Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious are “scary, sobering, substantial” and
“strike like bullets to the heart.”
The Minerva Reader
The Minerva Reader says Send More Tourists…the Last Ones Were Delicious has “sharp originality” and dubs it
“kickboxer grit lit.”
“If you like your literature commanding and sharp, unadorned, defiant, startling, at times even shocking,
with just the right touch of the absurd… then you’ll devour this inspiring debut.”
Joel Thomas Hynes,
author of
We’ll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal.
A finalist for the
NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the
2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird and wonderful
minimalist dark realism.
Her first book,
Send More Tourists…
the Last Ones Were Delicious,
was published by Breakwater Books
in July of 2019.
Photo by Twiggy Saint Skookum
“This book is like reaching into a cookie jar and finding a Barbie head.”
Bobby Mac
Goodreads Reviewer
The latest news and other fun stuff!
MAX MARGLES WRITING RESIDENCY
I’ll be spending August 2022 in Dublin, Ireland as part of the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s Max Margles Writing Residency. Funded by Roslyn Margles in memory of her late husband Max, the residency is a partnership between the QWF, the Irish Writers Centre, the Museum of Literature Ireland and the City of Dublin. Click below to learn more.
Max Margles ResidencyQuebec Writers’ FederationSEND MORE TOURISTS… WINS
2020 RELIT AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION
Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious has won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction!
The ReLit Awards celebrates the best in Canadian indie published novels, short fiction collections and poetry books each year.
WRITING OUTSIDE THE BOX:
A WORKSHOP ON EDGY FICTION
I’ll be facilitating another workshop series this fall via Montréal’s Sur Place Media!
Interactive, fun and a bit spicy, this workshop is to help writers break rules of literary fiction and push boundaries with their work! Links below.
COOKING WITH OFF/KILTER:
Five Books for Short Story Month
Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious makes this list of literary oddities at AllLitUp for Short Story Month.
Check out these great titles and their key ingredients at the link below!
NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE READING #CanadaPerforms
Got to do a live online reading with some awesome Montréal writers recently in collaboration with the National Arts Centre as part of their #CanadaPerforms series.
Link to the video and a full list of NAC readings below!
“SPUD LIFE” IS LONGLISTED FOR THE
2020 CBC SHORT STORY PRIZE!
My story “Spud Life” made the longlist for the
2020 CBC Short Story Prize!
Click below to learn more about attempts at connection via tuber and to read the opening lines of all 32 longlisted stories.
SEND MORE TOURISTS…
THE SOUNDTRACK!
Read the Liner Notes for Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious on All Lit Up’s website
or check out the playlist on Spotify or YouTube!
Featuring Billie Eilish, The Modern Lovers, Bruce Springsteen, The Contours, Tom Waits and more!
READ “THE CREATION OF WATER”
One of the stories from Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious is available online!
“The Creation of Water” was published by NQ in 2018. They had me back for a little Q&A just after the book was published, too.
Links to both below.
ROLES 4 WOMEN
In 2019, I was commissioned by Roles 4 Women to write my first stage play! As part of their Women from the Future II project, I got to work and talk theatre with skilled actor/playwrights Liz Solo, Renée Hackett and Catherine Falkner. Read more about the project below and stay tuned for news: there will be robots!
Women From the Future IIAbout Roles 4 WomenMY (SMALL PRESS) WRITING DAY
Here’s a fun little article on Rob McLennan’s blog about my typical writing day, which includes a confession about my Zelda addiction and a pic of my messy apartment!
Rob works hard to promote Canadian writers, so be sure and check out his author page, too!
“Send More Tourists, the Last Ones Were Delicious is a must-read for all women, most men, and some animals.”
Richard Barnes,
Goodreads Reviewer
Atlantic Books Today
Author Amy Spurway interviewed me about dark humour in Atlantic Canadian fiction.
Read More…Miramichi Reader
Interview
I spoke with The Miramichi Reader about fave stories and what I do when I’m not writing.
Read More…The Telegram:
20 Questions
Interview with Juanita Mercer for The Telegram’s 20 Questions Series!
Read More…Irish Loop Post Interview
I spoke with the Irish Loop Post following the release of Send More Tourists…
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