Nine Birds Singing by Edythe Anstey Hanen Book Tour and Giveaway! @hfvbt @newarcadiaBC

Nine Birds Singing by Edythe Anstey Hanen

Publication Date: December 5, 2017

New Arcadia Publishing

Paperback; 276 Pages

ISBN-13: 978-0981024158

Genre: Literary Fiction

Maddie is a writer of local history but wants to use her words to unlock the hidden truths that lay just below the surface of her life. But it’s magnetic words on a refrigerator door – Have dreams. Must travel – that push Maddie into the journey she must take: the search for what she has yearned for all her life: independence and freedom from the abusive fanaticism of her parents’ religious beliefs. From Vancouver in the sixties to present day Mexico and a small island on the Canadian west coast, Nine Birds Singing is a love affair with words. It weaves through past glories and youthful hubris in a search for understanding and acceptance. Profound friendship, skewed love and loss all play a role in Maddie’s search for redemption.

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Praise for Nine Birds Singing

"In Nine Birds Singing, Edyth Anstey Hanen’s appealing narrator Maddie recalls and examines her own search for independence from her parents’ restrictive values. The writer and Maddie, together, gather the reader in to share an intimate, wise, and moving tale." -Jack Hodgins, Author of Spit Delaney’s Island

 "Nine Birds Singing is a finely written book, lovingly crafted, poignant and perceptive. A tale of gradual self-understanding, awakening and ultimate release." -Nick Bantock, Author of the The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy 

"If, like me, you despair for the collapse of the English language take comfort. In Nine Birds Singing you will discover a veritable Aladdin’s Cave of delights. Edythe Anstey Hanen not only uses the basic blocks of language, words, to propel her characters and her story, each word has been selected with meticulous care with attention to its meaning and its ability to resonate. The work is a symphony for the logophile. Don’t miss it.

" -Patrick Taylor. USA Today, New York Times and Globe and Mail best-selling author of the Irish Country Doctor series "Readers will enjoy the unique views and poetic pacing of Nine Birds Singing by Edythe Anstey Hanen. She savours and survives landscapes and relationships in teasing but tasty quick episodes. Her novel takes readers via circular time travelling through decades of Mattie’s life in Canada and Mexico. Enjoy this new voice!" -Bernice Lever, Small Acts, Black Moss Press, 2016

About the Author

Edythe Anstey Hanen has published prize-winning short stories and poetry in literary magazines including Room Magazine and anthologies across Canada, in addition to articles in the Globe & Mail, National Post and the Hamilton Bay Observer and is a regular contributor to Mexconnect, an online travel magazine. She lives on Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada, where for many years she was the editor of the Bowen Island Undercurrent.

Blog Tour Schedule

Thursday, May 17
Review at Peppermint Ph.D.

Monday, May 21
Review at Books and Glamour

Wednesday, May 23
Feature at A Holland Reads

Friday, May 25
Excerpt at Teaser Addicts Book Blog

Tuesday, May 29
Feature at Donna’s Book Blog

Friday, June 1
Interview at Passages to the Past

Monday, June 4
Feature at CelticLady’s Reviews

Wednesday, June 6
Review at SJ2B House of Books

Giveaway

During the Blog Tour we will be giving away three copies of Nine Birds Signing! To enter, please enter via the Gleam form below. 

Giveaway Rules – Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST on June 6th. You must be 18 or older to enter. – Giveaway is open to residents in the US and Canada only. – Only one entry per household. – All giveaway entrants agree to be honest and not cheat the systems; any suspect of fraud is decided upon by blog/site owner and the sponsor, and entrants may be disqualified at our discretion. – Winner has 48 hours to claim prize or new winner is chosen. 

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