Kelly S. Thompson

Exclusive excerpt of Girls Need Not Apply released on Chatelaine.com

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Some people know that my first publishing home was with Chatelaine magazine, where I wrote a blog called Under Fire. It was an honour when the day before my memoir, Girls Need Not Apply, was released with McClelland & Stewart, Chatelaine excerpted one of the chapters for their website. You can read it, here: https://www.chatelaine.com/living/books/girls-need-not-apply-kelly-s-thompson-book-excerpt/

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Runner-Up for Best Feature Article of the Year

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I’m really pleased to announce that my essay, “Battle Fatigue,” which appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine’s winter issue this year, is runner-up to the Best Feature Article of the Year, bestowed by the Professional Writers Association of Canada. I’m super proud to win this award for an article that was very difficult, but very important, to

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Recipient of Ontario Arts Council Grant for Literary Creation

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I’m so pleased to announce that I’ve been awarded an Ontario Arts Council grant for literary creation for my non-fiction work, Girls Need Not Apply, which has been bought in preempt with Penguin Random House/McClelland and Stewart. The book will publish in June 2019, and I couldn’t be more excited to work with Jenny Bradshaw,

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BOOK DEAL: Kelly’s Memoir sold to McClelland & Stewart

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What a day! I was lucky to share the news of my memoir selling to McClelland & Stewart, my dream publisher, all revealed on International Women’s Day 2018 through my agent, Stephanie Sinclair at Transatlantic Agency. “Girls Need Not Apply,” will publish with McClelland & Stewart in June 2019. We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with

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