Julie Booker

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Julie Booker is five feet tall. She lives in a Toronto row house and drives a tiny car. She has a toy poodle and twin baby boys. She teaches small children. She sees the world in pithy arcs, nicely contained. Her short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, including the 2010 edition of Best Canadian Stories. She won the Writers' Union of Canada's Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers in 2009. Up Up Up, with House of Anansi Press, is her first book.

Books

Up Up Up

Up Up Up is a collection of twenty short, wildly whimsical and yet razor-sharp stories. A pair of plus-sized friends make tracks for a kayaking trip in Alaska. A woman vacations with her parents at a Texas trailer park, wondering why she can't meet a man. A worldly member of a tour group selects sacrifices from among the most cherished belongings of her fellow travellers. A young man dreams of rescuing an abusive friend's girlfriend -- and of having her for himself. Through these deceptively simple storylines, Booker grabs the reins from writers like Lydia Millet and Miranda July and reminds readers, that words have the power to enlighten and move us -- but most of all, to delight.

House of Anansi Press - - $22.95 – Short Stories