Anna Leventhal


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Anna Leventhal’s acclaimed short story collection Sweet Affliction (Invisible Publishing) won the Quebec Writers’ Federation Concordia University First Book Prize and was named one of the best books of 2014 by CBC.ca. A French translation (Douce detresse) came out in 2015 with Marchand de feuilles. Her writing has appeared in Geist, Matrix, Maisonneuve, The Montreal Review of Books, and several short fiction anthologies. She was nominated for the Journey Prize, won a Quebec Writing Competition award, and was shortlisted for a Canada Writes award. She lives in Winnipeg.

Sweet Affliction cover   Art of Trespassing cover   Douce Detresse cover

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An Interview with Anna Leventhal on the Town Crier

An Interview with Anna Leventhal on Paper Darts