Michael Mirolla
Writer-in-residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House in November 2019 – January 2020
Michael Mirolla is the author of over a dozen works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and plays, and a three-time winner of the F.G. Bressani Literary Prize.
His novel Berlin was a finalist for the Indie and National Book Awards. The short story “A Theory of Discontinuous Existence” was selected for the Journey Prize Anthology and “The Sand Flea” was a Pushcart Prize nominee.
Born in Italy and raised in Montreal, Michael now lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
During his time as writer-in-residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House, Michael was working on his fifth novel, The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Website: www.michaelmirolla.com.
Latest Blog Postings by Michael Mirolla
Poetry Night / Novel Afternoon
It may be rainy and windy outside this weekend, but we’ve got two events to keep you warm and dry!
Poetry Night, tonight, Friday, Jan 24, 7:30 to 9:30
Novel Afternoon, Sunday, Jan 26, 2:00 to 4:00
A Novel Afternoon
On Sunday, January 26, 2 to 4pm, please join writer-in-residence Michael Mirolla for literary readings by novelists Amanda Hale, Janice Lynn Mather, Suzanne Chiasson, Michael Springate, Sabina Khan, and Marina Sonkina. Michael Mirolla will also read from a novel in...
Poetry Night
Join writer-in-residence Michael Mirolla for poetry readings on Friday, January 24, 7:30 to 9:30pm
Discipline, or How to Whip That Novel into Shape
A Guest Post by Michael Mirolla As I may have mentioned before, the proposal for my stay at the Historic Joy Kogawa House included—aside from the community interaction and readings—the finishing of the initial draft of a novel that I started in 1993. Of course, the...
Of Atheists and Interruptions: Random Yuletide Thoughts
Being far, far away from family this Yuletide season and missing them immensely, I thought it a good time to resurrect something written almost a decade ago for a Montreal website called Rover Arts, which sadly is no more: You know the Knock Knock joke about “Interrupting Cow”? Here comes Interrupting Christmas.
Of Angry Cars & Moving Mould
Guest Post by Michael Mirolla I don’t know what it is but the cars in Vancouver seem more angry these days. Petulant. Looking for a fight. Eager to run somebody over. To prove their superiority over lowly pedestrians maybe. I mention this not because it’s so different...