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"Bottle Rocket Hearts - A Novel By Zoe Whittall"

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Status:Swinger
Orientation:Bi
Hometown:MONTREAL
Religion:Other
Zodiac Sign:Aquarius
Children:Someday
Education:Grad / professional school
Occupation:Writer
Income:Less than $30,000

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Toronto, Ontario CA
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1976- present



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"Being named to any top ten list is cause for celebration; having your book named one of the Top Ten Books of 2007 by Quill & Quire means you are definitely doing something right. Zoe Whittall landed in that stratosphere with her debut novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts (Cormorant Books, 2007). The book is an edgy, neo-punky look at growing up queer in Montreal in the mid-90s—around the time of the cliffhanger sovereignty referendum. The Globe & Mail, which included the novel in its Top 100 Books of 2007, said it best: “Zoe Whittall just might be the cockiest, brashest, funniest, toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holds-barred writer to emerge from Montreal since Mordecai Richler.” Whittall was also named “best emerging writer” by Now Magazine. She is also the author of two highly regarded books of poetry, The Emily Valentine Poems and The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life. Zoe Whittall is one of a new breed of fresh, young Canadian writers, one who should be on everyone’s “to be watched” list." ----My bio from the Sunshine Coast Writers' Festival where I will be appearing this August. Praise for Bottle Rocket Hearts:

"Zoe Whittall might just be the cockiest, brashest, funniest, toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holds-barred writer to emerge from Montreal since Mordecai Richler...Bottle Rocket Hearts is a major statement about lessening unhappiness by overcoming the small dishonesties that creep into everyday life." - The Globe & Mail

"A woeful and hilarious ode to the last days of a girl's childhood. Whittall has created characters who combine the lumimous joie-de-vivre of Oscar Wilde with the self-destructive fury of Johnny Rotten. A portrait of Montreal in the mid-nineties that successfully recreates its hedonistic, Salvation Army band, gender-bending glory." Heather O'Neill, author of CBC Canada Reads winner, Lullabies for Little Criminals

"Whittall's background as a poet shines in every paragraph. Her poetic voice hits hard and with beauty…Bottle Rocket Hearts will resonate with queer readers. For heterosexual readers I suspect it will provide a jarring dose of reality of the dangers still faced by gay men and lesbians -- simply because of whom they love. Gutsy, gritty, urban and sleek, Bottle Rocket Hearts is a compelling story told by a writer skilled in her craft. It leaves me wanting more." - Karen X. Tulchinsky for The Vancouver Sun

“Bottle Rocket Hearts is a coming-of-age tale that goes down like a cherry posicle…her writing makes noises; it has a heartbeat. This sensitive treatment of a difficult subject will be a classic. Buy it, read it, keep if for your daughters.” – Now Magazine

“Coupland-esque…Zoe Whittall’s lively and winsome narrative of a queer girl’s maturation in ‘90s Montreal evokes a convincing milieu…” - The Toronto Star

“Whittall pulls off a believable coming-of-age story…Bottle Rocket Hearts [is] a Bilgundsroman worth reading.” – The Quill & Quire

“Hearts aflutter over debut novel…Bottle Rocket Hearts is an achingly good read…Whittall’s writing is eloquent and infused with snippets of Canadiana. Her writing style is Coupland-esque. It’s a book I devoured page after page…one I didn’t want to end. This book comes alive for the reader and is a lovely coming-of-age story for women to reflect on and perhaps even relate to their daughters.” - The Calgary Herald

“…a short, snappy tale of youth slumming, first love and its nasty symptoms.Alternately poppy, absorbing and subversive – Whittall pulls some surprising punches here..” – FFWD Magazine This is my description: Bottle Rocket Hearts is bursting with the neuroticisms of the mid-twenties heart. Leonard Cohen meets Trainspotting (and falls in love). Montreal. 1995. Riot Grrl's been bought and sold back to us as the Spice Girls. Gays are gaining some legitimacy but queers are rioting against assimilation. Eve holds a protest sign in one hand and a girl's heart in the other. Revolution seems possible, when you're 18, like Eve.
Who I'd like to meet:
Readers in Canada, an American publisher and people interested in acquiring film rights. My agent is Samantha Haywood at the Trans Atlantic Literary Agency. (www.tla1.com)

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Jun 17 2008 7:21 AM

Congratulations on the award!
Remedy





May 30 2008 1:13 PM

Thanks for accepting, Zoe! Cheers!
joey cupcake





May 15 2008 1:33 PM

Bang! Bang!
Darryl





May 3 2008 1:07 PM

thanks for the add! I hope you check out my poetry sometime!
LeeLee





Apr 22 2008 12:59 PM

congrats for all the great feedback on your book.... looking forward to reading it! best LL
Chelsey





Feb 21 2008 5:49 PM

uhhh weird. ill change my password from ani difranco immediately.
Chelsey





Feb 20 2008 11:05 PM

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felicia luna lemus





Dec 5 2007 8:12 AM

super congrats on the book...it sounds awesome!

p.s.
I like your book trailer. lots.
T Cooper





Dec 3 2007 2:43 PM

Yo.





Yours,
T Cooper
Sister Spit: The Next Generation





Oct 25 2007 5:20 PM


SISTER SPIT IS COMING TO YOUR TOWN!
One vanload of queer female artists + writers + bon vivants coming to your town for one awesome night of shameless literary hijinks.
Featuring Michelle Tea, Texta Queen, Chelsea Starr, Meliza Banales, Tara Jepsen, Dexter Flowers, and Kat Marie Yoas.
Check out www.sisterspitnextgen.com for more info! Spread the word!

OCTOBER
24 Minneapolis, MN Pi Bar 8:30pm
25 Milwaukee, WI University of Wisc-Milwaukee, Greene Hall 7pm
26 Chicago, IL Women and Children First Books 9pm
27 Bloomington, IN Boxcar Books 8pm
28 Ann Arbor, MI Aut Bar two shows- 6pm and 8pm
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30 New York, NY Rapture Cafe 8pm
NOVEMBER
1 Brooklyn, NY Cattyshack 7:30
2 Middletown, CT Wesleyan College
3 Northampton, MA Smith College
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6 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
7 Washington, DC Phase 1
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10 TBA
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Be Good





Oct 14 2007 12:19 PM

Dearest,

This week you keep the panic attacks at bay.

xxoo
Your humble slave.
Leah Lakshmi





Oct 13 2007 4:17 PM

you got a place to stay when you hit SF in April. so happy for you!
tara-michelle





Sep 21 2007 8:06 PM

BRH and I have a Friday night routine.
tara-michelle





Sep 14 2007 8:15 PM

My copy of Bottle Rocket Hearts came on light pink printer paper. How come everyone else has this fancy version?
emma





Sep 3 2007 7:31 AM

so i waited all summer for the perfect time to read your amazing book...and i found it; on the train from toronto to halifax, reading "bottle rocket hearts" was like eating caramel corn at the circus, cotton candy at the carnival. you are amazing and essential. xoxox.
Miss Aimée





Jun 18 2007 9:23 AM

Eve is so hot... a heroine in my books.
bronwen double L





May 14 2007 5:38 PM

wednesdaywednesdaywednesday...can i pick you up from somewhere?
bronwen double L





May 11 2007 5:46 PM

that hot chocolate from the winter has now morphed into something iced on these hot days...are you free any afternoon next week?xo
alex ookpik





Apr 17 2007 3:33 PM

I love you already.
Randwiches





Apr 1 2007 8:15 AM

Zo, Those last 6 months that the Phoenix was open in 1995 did more to shape me than highschool, university, or any job. But I barely remember it! I'm glad you remember enough to write a book about it. I look forward to reading it.
alex ookpik





Mar 20 2007 10:51 AM

Oscar Wilde indeed. ;-)
Chelsey





Mar 18 2007 8:36 PM

you are the kind of book that will bring kids out of closets. i just know it.
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