TUMBLEHOME HAS TUMBLED INTO THE WORLD. In the wake of a broken engagement to her One True Paddling Partner, Canadian writer Brenda Missen ventures into Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park on a series of solo canoe trips that blow all her perceptions of romance, relationships, God, and her own self (gently) out of the water. …
The author of the literary thriller Tell Anna She’s Safe and the memoir Tumblehome: One Woman’s Canoeing Adventures in the Divine Near Wilderness, Brenda Missen was born in Toronto, Canada. Knowing she wanted to be a writer from the age of ten, she went off to university to read novels for four years. She …
Based on a true story, Tell Anna She’s Safe tells the tale of two women, one missing, the other searching for her. Driving alongside West Quebec’s Gatineau River near her home one April afternoon, researcher Ellen McGinn spots a parked car that looks like it might belong to her friend and colleague, Lucy Stockman. …
It was with great shock and sadness that I learned, in December 2020, of the sudden death of my beloved publisher and friend, Luciana Ricciutelli, editor-in-chief at Inanna Publications. In addition to being a good friend, Lu was a keen champion of my writing, as she was to so many others. She took a …
Late in the evening of September 3rd, 2014, my niece Harriet received a phone call no one expects or wants ever to receive: a sergeant from the Ontario Provincial Police was delivering the news that her mother, my sister Kathryn (Kate to many), had been found deceased in her home in Casselman, Ontario. It …
My sister Kathryn, or Kate, as she was known by her friends, was cherished by so many people. Some of her friends have written tributes that they’ve graciously allowed me to share here. If you have a memory of Kate you would like to share, please email it to me and I would be …
