Blackbird by Caitlin Galway

Releases July 2013.

Press kit forthcoming. Pre-Orders [forthcoming] will be made available on the Publications & Store page.

Caitlin Laura Galway is a Toronto-based fiction writer. She is presently an English Literature major at Queen’s University, an editor at Metazen.ca, a reviewer for The Toronto Quarterly, and will soon begin an editorial internship with Calyx Books in Oregon. Most recently, she was the winner of CBC’s 2011 Stranger than Fiction Contest and a finalist in  Glimmer Train ’s 2010 Fiction Open Contest, and was shortlisted for Matrix Magazine 's 2011 Litpop Award. Her work has appeared in, and is forthcoming from, numerous journals across the globe.  

About the Novel:
Blackbird follows the fractured but resilient psyche of 17-year-old Gwyneth Avery. Homeless and destitute, the once prized student lands herself in a run-down local asylum called Crescent View. Aided by fellow misfits—including a vegan punk-rocker and a manic ballerina—she leads readers on a disorienting maze through personal trauma and the subconscious. From blonde Martians and headless nurses, to toxic beauty and a yearning for parental love, Gwyneth seeks a balance between her surrounding world and the bizarre, often nightmarish delirium through which she views it.