Books written by Diane Schoemperlen

Names of the Dead: An Elegy for the Victims of September 11

Eric Allen , firefighter , Squad 18. Joseph Ryan Allen . Richard Dennis Allen , firefighter , Ladder 15 . September 10. A cloud of ambient anxiety had shadowed her for days . She kept trying to push it away but always it returned : an ...

By The Book: Stories and Pictures

Praise for By The Book “Diane Schoemperlen's By The Book is a bravura performance.

The Names of the Dead: An Elegy for the Victims of September 11

Weave seen the pictures and heard their names. But the staggering number of September 11, 2001 terror attack victims overwhelms the individual stories of the men and women who left...

Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel of Mary, Faith, and Friendship

As the story of their visit unfolds, so does the story of Mary-one of the most complex and powerful female figures of our time-and her changing image in culture, art, history, as well as the thousands of recorded sightings that have placed ...

At A Loss For Words: A Post-Romantic Novel

Looking for inspiration in the texts around her -- optimistic horoscopes, evasive fortune cookies and the inane suggestions from books on writer’s block -- she tries to find a way through the relationship that has seemingly stolen her ...

Hockey Night in Canada: Stories

Hockey Night in Canada & Other Stories

But what do all you people do here ? ” ENTERTAINMENT : In this town all roads lead to the bar . There might also be one road which leads to the pool hall . The pool hall is a recreational distraction . The bar , on the other hand , is a ...

The Man of My Dreams: Stories

The collection was shortlisted for the Upper Canada Brewing Company Writers' Craft Award.

Best Canadian Stories 2021

Selected by guest editor Diane Schoemperlen, the 2021 edition of Best Canadian Stories continues not only a series, but a legacy in Canadian letters. “The best short stories,” writes editor Diane Schoemperlen, “are disruptive in all ...

The Spacious Chambers Of Her Heart: Short Story

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In the Language of Love

... too much for your own good,” Esther said, standing in the archway between the living room and the kitchen with a dishtowel in her hand. She could not bear to see anybody doing nothing. Thinking should not be considered an activity in its ...

Names of the Dead: An Elegy for the Victims of September 11

This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications

This Is Not My Life is the story of the romance between Diane and Shane—how they met and fell in love, how they navigated the obstacles of passes and visits and parole hearings and, eventually, how things fell apart, were reconciled and ...

Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel

On an apparently typical Monday morning in April, a middle-aged writer goes into her living room to water the plants and finds a woman standing in front of the fig tree.