M.A.C. Farrant
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M.A.C. Farrant (born April 5, 1947) is a Canadian
short fiction writer, memoirist, journalist, and humourist.
Born in Sydney, Australia, and residing on the Saanich Peninsula
, Vancouver Island
, Canada, since the age of five, she is the author of ten collections of satirical and humorous short fiction and a novel-length memoir, My Turquoise Years, which she has adapted into a stage play in conjunction with the Arts Club Theatre of Vancouver. B.C.; it is currently in development. Down the Road to Eternity: New & Selected Fiction was published by Talonbooks
in the Fall of 2009. The Secret Lives of Litterbugs, humour/non-fiction, appeared from Key Porter Books
in April, 2009. In 2011 Talonbooks will publish The Truth about Us, a collection of Farrant's newest fiction.
A full-time writer, she has been a regular book reviewer for the Vancouver Sun and the Toronto Globe and Mail since 2004
. An active promoter of the literary arts, she is the co-producer and host of the Sidney Reading Series.
Farrant's work is infused with acerbic wit and iconoclastic innovation. As the Globe & Mail has noted, "M.A.C. Farrant's short stories revel in the absurdity of the modern world. If you've never heard of her, just think of her as the 'bizarro' Alice Munro."
"M.A.C. Farrant is a master of the literary equivalent of a waking dream, creating subtle insurrections disguised as prose. The Breakdown So Far, her latest collection of absurd short stories, is a minivan crammed full of weird." Toronto Star
BC Bookworld has called her "Canada's most acerbic and intelligent humourist."
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
short fiction writer, memoirist, journalist, and humourist.
Born in Sydney, Australia, and residing on the Saanich Peninsula
Saanich Peninsula
The Saanich Peninsula is located north of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by the Saanich Inlet on the west, and various straits of the Gulf of Georgia on the east, chiefly Haro Strait The exact southern boundary of what is referred to as the "Saanich Peninsula" is somewhat fluid...
, Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
, Canada, since the age of five, she is the author of ten collections of satirical and humorous short fiction and a novel-length memoir, My Turquoise Years, which she has adapted into a stage play in conjunction with the Arts Club Theatre of Vancouver. B.C.; it is currently in development. Down the Road to Eternity: New & Selected Fiction was published by Talonbooks
Talonbooks
Talonbooks is an independent publisher of Canadian literature, whose repertoire features authors writing in the literary genres of poetry, fiction and drama, as well as non-fiction books in the fields of ethnography, environmental and social issues, cultural studies, and literary criticism.The...
in the Fall of 2009. The Secret Lives of Litterbugs, humour/non-fiction, appeared from Key Porter Books
Key Porter Books
Key Porter Books is a Canadian book publishing company. Founded in 1979 by Canadian publisher Anna Porter and Key Publishers Limited of Toronto, the company specializes in Canadian non-fiction, although it has published some fiction titles as well. A controlling share of the company was purchased...
in April, 2009. In 2011 Talonbooks will publish The Truth about Us, a collection of Farrant's newest fiction.
A full-time writer, she has been a regular book reviewer for the Vancouver Sun and the Toronto Globe and Mail since 2004
. An active promoter of the literary arts, she is the co-producer and host of the Sidney Reading Series.
Farrant's work is infused with acerbic wit and iconoclastic innovation. As the Globe & Mail has noted, "M.A.C. Farrant's short stories revel in the absurdity of the modern world. If you've never heard of her, just think of her as the 'bizarro' Alice Munro."
"M.A.C. Farrant is a master of the literary equivalent of a waking dream, creating subtle insurrections disguised as prose. The Breakdown So Far, her latest collection of absurd short stories, is a minivan crammed full of weird." Toronto Star
BC Bookworld has called her "Canada's most acerbic and intelligent humourist."