Finnian Burnett

Author, Educator, Cat Person

Welcome to the 5 Questions Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week, I’m talking with Kendra Preston Leonard whose work in opera and academia challenges the status quo and uplifts voices too often left out. Your academic and creative work both focus …

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Welcome to the 5 Questions Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week, I’m talking with Kevin Craig. I’ve read several works of yours now (Pride Must be a Place, The Camino Club, This is Me in Grade Nine) and your voice when writing young …

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I’m excited to be presenting again this weekend – a Zoom workshop on writing queer characters. We’ll be doing some generative writing, talking about who is “allowed” to write what, and sharing insights. I want to make this as interactive as possible, but I don’t want anyone to feel compelled to share. It will be …

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I’m so excited I have two awesome queer writing classes coming up. (Not just for queers, but for anyone who wants to add queerness to their writing.) The first is a class on “Queering the Flash.” This class through The Crow Collective will focus on flash fiction. We’ll do some generative writing, read a few …

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Hi All! I’m excited to announce the Crow Collective has asked me back to teach a class on “Queering the Flash.” I’ll be talking about queerness in flash fiction and how to add it to your own work. We’ll do a lot of writing, some sharing (completely optional) and hopefully learn a lot. It’s a …

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