Interview - Finnian Burnett and The Price of Cookies Canada Reads American Style

Tara welcomes author Finnian Burnett, who is a professor, writer and lifelong learner.  Their work often explores the intersection of the human body, mental health and gender identity.  Finnian holds a doctorate in English pedagogy from Murray State University and teaches college English, creative writing and early British Literature, using story-based pedagogy to create equity in multicultural classrooms.
 
Finnian is a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts grant, a finalist in the 2023 CBC Nonfiction prize and a 2024 Pushcart nominee. Under their former name, they have published several novels with Sapphire Books Publishing, including two rainbow award winners and the Writer's Digest first place in fantasy self-published book called, Coyote Ate the Stars.
 
In addition, Finnian has two novellas-in-flash, The Clothes Make the Man (published by Ad Hoc Fiction) and The Price of Cookies (published by Off Topic Publishing).
 
Finnian lives in beautiful British Columbia with their wife.
 
https://finnburnett.com/
https://finallyfinnian.com/
 
Highlighted books and authors:
Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest
Cold by Drew Hayden Taylor
The Scourge by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Poet Miranda Krogstad
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac
Never Let Me Go; Klara in the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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