Sandra Campbell's novel Getting to Normal (www.gettingtonormal.com) was one of NOW Toronto magazine’s choice for best books.
Her new novel, The Pig and the Soprano is inspired by the life of Georgina Stirling from Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada's first diva. Georgina dared ambition. In 1888, defying the prescribed conventions of family and community she travelled alone to Paris and was accepted into the school of Paris's most illustrious teacher. She made her debut as Maria Toulinguet, then vanished. She returned home at the end of her life and lived as a recluse with her pet pig. The novel explores the mysteries of her daring and her disappearance.
Sandra's memoir, Conspiracy, explores the relationship between two sisters as rediscovered through memory, music and a painting.
Her writing workshops: Writing the Body and Inside/Out focus on the dynamics of body, memory and the imagination in the creative process.
www.imagingbymarlis.com
Her new novel, The Pig and the Soprano is inspired by the life of Georgina Stirling from Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada's first diva. Georgina dared ambition. In 1888, defying the prescribed conventions of family and community she travelled alone to Paris and was accepted into the school of Paris's most illustrious teacher. She made her debut as Maria Toulinguet, then vanished. She returned home at the end of her life and lived as a recluse with her pet pig. The novel explores the mysteries of her daring and her disappearance.
Sandra's memoir, Conspiracy, explores the relationship between two sisters as rediscovered through memory, music and a painting.
Her writing workshops: Writing the Body and Inside/Out focus on the dynamics of body, memory and the imagination in the creative process.
www.imagingbymarlis.com
