The Spark of Annie Shea

 

On the heels of
The NYC BIG BOOK Award

Caitlin Hicks entertains with her
Theory of (Expanded) Love,
her stand-up Six Palm Trees and
about-to-be-released Kennedy Girl

 

 On November 4, 2022 @ 7 PM, at the Sechelt Library, Caitlin Hicks will read and perform from the three of her work that feature the feisty, outspoken and rebellious character, Annie Shea. The reading is sponsored by The Writers Union of Canada.

Performing excerpts from the play, SIX PALM TREES, and reading from the novel A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, Hicks will also give audiences a glimpse of her upcoming novel KENNEDY GIRL, featuring Annie Shea in 1968 – five years hence from THEORY.

SIX PALM TREES sprang from The Tarragon Theatre’s playwrights unit and was conceived and co-written with artist Gordon Halloran. It features Annie Shea in a theatrical presentation (90% stand-up comedy) performed at a family reunion to celebrate the sale of the family home. In the performance, Hicks as family clown Annie, chooses 14+ people from the audience to stand in for her Shea family. The play was performed hundreds of times on tour in California, British Columbia, Toronto, Oshawa, Edmonton, Amsterdam, Galway, New York – to standing ovations and excellent reviews.

A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE, Hicks’ first published novel, is a coming-of-age story of tradition and redemption about a feisty adolescent on the cusp of her teen years in a huge, noisy Catholic family. The story takes place in 1963 and explores themes of self-discovery, loyalty, betrayal. The novel won many awards, including iBooks Best New Fiction for Spring, 2015, alongside other well-known writers: Sara Gruen, Judy Blume, Kate Atkinson, Clive Barker and others.

 https://www.caitlinhicks.com/wordpress/theory-expanded-love-hilarious-beguiling-bravely-truthful/awards-for-popular-1st-novel-best-inspirational-fiction/

KENNEDY GIRL is due to be released in November from US publisher Sunbury Press.

An uncontrollable series of events transform the lives of two teenagers the night of RFK’s assassination when a black dancer and a white singer chase his ambulance through the streets of Los Angeles. A suspenseful road trip from California to Canada in 1968. The novel features ‘unforgettable’ seventeen-year-old Annie Shea, who was twelve in A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE.

https://www.caitlinhicks.com/wordpress/fiction-2/kennedy-girl-a-new-novel-by-caitlin-hicks/

At the November 4th event at Sechelt Library, Hicks will read from all three works and answer audience questions. Audience members can sign up to pre-order a copy of KENNEDY GIRL. For cookie lovers, Annie will bake a batch of Shea Family cookie favorites!

Contact: Caitlin Hicks, 604-886-3634

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