Latitude 46 Publishing announces three new authors

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LATITUDE 46 PUBLISHING

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SUDBURY  – Latitude 46 Publishing will publish all female authors in 2016 to celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage in Canada.

In 1916, women in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta were granted the right to vote, paving the way to equality and women’s rights.

“We wanted to recognize this milestone by focusing on female authors and stories that not only feature strong and provocative female characters but offer multi generational perspectives,” said publisher Laura Gregorini.

“These compelling female narratives are very Canadian and distinctly Northern Ontarian,” added publisher Heather Campbell. “We are excited to launch our first full publishing year with these authors.”

Latitude 46 Publishing will publish three authors in 2016:

1. Rule of Seconds, a novella by Shawna Diane Partridge
2. The Dependent, a memoir by Danielle Daniel
3. Somewhere Picking Dandelions, a novel by Diana Douglas.

Synopsis

Four generations of women. Four generations of stories. Years of secrets.

Rule of Seconds interlaces the extraordinary lives of four generations of one family in the Northern Ontario city of Sault Ste. Marie. The cyclical nature of themes and tragedy entwines the women and their histories.

At age twenty-six, the narrator-protagonist Sheila recalls her past and that of her family in hopes of unearthing the cause of her painful epilepsy. Piecing together the depth of her troubled family history, Sheila discovers far more than she can cope with.

Spanning from the 1920s to present day, the narrative depicts the unconventional life of Sheila’s great grandmother who owned a three-storey boarding house and ran an illegal speakeasy in the basement.

Rule of Seconds is a story about four generations of hard women, defying the conventions of their era, time and again.

About the author

Born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Shawna Diane Partridge grew up swimming in Lake Superior. She later earned a Liberal Studies Diploma from Sault College and through Algoma University, obtained a Bachelor of Arts Honours in English from Laurentian University.

Following that success, she earned a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature from Queen’s University and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Windsor.

She worked as Managing Editor of Rampike magazine and Editorial Assistant for the Windsor Review: An International Journal of Life, Literature and Art.

Currently residing in the City of Greater Sudbury, she spends her days working in the non-profit sector and is a committed volunteer within the arts community.

Rule of Seconds book launch: Saturday, May 15 at Speakeasy in Sudbury. Details forthcoming.

FALL 2016: The Dependent: A Memoir of Marriage and the Military by Danielle Daniel

Synopsis

The Dependent is a memoir about marriage and the military, a true account written by a military wife married to a paratrooper who served in the Canadian Armed Forces for fourteen years before his army career came to a crashing halt.

This is the story of Danielle and Steve, who meet and fall in love at 19. Much of the first years of their marriage are spent apart, as Steve’s infantry unit is sent overseas for duty in Croatia, Bosnia, and Afghanistan.

After four tours, he finally comes home to stay, but little changes: their marriage remains an unhappy ménage-à-trois made up of a man, a woman, and the military.

When a freak accident at Armed Forces Base Trenton leaves Steve paraplegic, their future ends up in shards.

Told in fifteen linked stories, The Dependent, follows Steve and Danielle as they pick up the pieces. Written with unflinching honesty, each story brings the reader deeper inside their lives, where the collateral damage of military service is absolute.

A brave and modern love story, The Dependent is not only a story of grief and loss, it is one of forgiveness and hope.

About the author

Danielle Daniel is the author and illustrator of Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, one of The New York Public Library’s most notable books for 2015. Her short stories have been published in Room and forthcoming in Event Magazine.

Danielle is currently working on a novel and completing an MFA in Creative Writing through the University of British Columbia.

She writes and paints in Sudbury, Ontario where she lives with her husband Steve, son Owen and their dogs Frodo and Suzie.

Book launch TBA

Somewhere Picking Dandelions by Diana Douglas

Synopsis

The only thing Aurie Hargrove can remember about the end of WWII is the day her Daddy came home. As the sound of her parents’ late night whispers once again fill their little house at the end of an old dirt road, seven-year-old Aurie truly believes her life is perfect. But when a sudden illness sends her Momma into hospital for an indefinite stay, the little girl’s world begins to fall apart.

Gone are the days of gingerbread cookies and goodnight kisses. Now Aurie, the second youngest of five children, arrives home from school each afternoon to the lonely reminder of Momma’s absence.

Though her father tries hard to keep patient throughout his children’s antics, Aurie struggles to rebuild a relationship with him, and blames him for letting Momma leave.

The only one who seems to understand how she feels is her chatterbox Auntie Caroline, whose weekly visits to the Hargrove home are filled with fleeting moments of laughter and joy.

As life becomes a jumble of sibling squabbles and afterschool adventures, the children are shocked to learn that each of them will be allowed a private visit with Momma.

While her sister and brothers anxiously await their turn, Aurie refuses to go, terrified by the prospect of seeing her Momma sick in a hospital bed.

As the rest of her family finds a way to cope with the loss that looms over them, Aurie must decide whether to face her fear of the hospital, or risk never seeing her mother again

About the author

Diana Douglas was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. The only girl in a large family, Diana developed an early passion for writing, and after winning a local short story competition, she went on to travel and study in Western Canada.

An accomplished actress and singer/songwriter, she has performed on stages across Canada and the United States.

She currently divides her time between the rugged rocks and lakes of Northern Ontario, and the sandy beaches of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Somewhere Picking Dandelions is her first novel.

Book launch TBA

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