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Join Me for a Reading at York University!

October 4, 2025 Andrew Boden

You’re invited to hear me speak on February 10, 2026 at the Canadian Writers in Person series sponsored by York University. And do check out all the other great Canadian writers, too!

Join me in Cranbrook, B.C. for an evening of fictional worldbuilding

July 25, 2025 Andrew Boden

Writing Residency at le Château de Lavigny in Switzerland

July 23, 2025 Andrew Boden

Very honoured to work with four other brilliant writers for an entire month. And thank you to Sophie Kandaouroff for being such a great host!

Photo (left to right): Isabelle Aeschlimann, Andrew Boden, Ronya Othmann, Marc Agron and Zoltán Danyi

At the Amazon Canada First Novel Awards in Toronto

June 25, 2025 Andrew Boden

Very pleased to have met my fellow nominees, the judges and the teams from Amazon and The Walrus! Thank you all!

A photo of nominated writers at the 2025 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.
A photo of the writers nominated for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award in the adult category.

Boden's "Ashes" shortlisted for first novel award

May 10, 2025 Andrew Boden

Many thanks to Barry Coulter at the Cranbrook Daily Townsman for the great article!

You can read more here.

When We Were Ashes shortlisted for the 2025 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

May 6, 2025 Andrew Boden

Beyond honoured to be shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award! Big congrats to my fellow nominees and much gratitude to my fantastic publishing team at Goose Lane Editions and my brilliant representation at Westwood Creative Artists!

You can read more here….

An Old Story About Metaphysics.

April 7, 2025 Andrew Boden

My latest blog post is up at the Human Journey website! I write about how traditional stories and tales can convey valuable lessons about the underpinnings of our world and lives. Enjoy!

A great online reading event with author Genni Gunn!

April 4, 2025 Andrew Boden

If you missed it, you can catch it here on YouTube. Thanks of course for the invite from Genni and Signature Editions! Thanks also to the amazing Claudia Casper for hosting!

You're invited to my joint virtual reading with Genni Gunn!

March 30, 2025 Andrew Boden

Come hear Genni Gunn and I speak about our latest work. Genni will be reading from her novel, The Cipher, and I’ll be reading from When We Were Ashes. The event is Thursday, April 3 at 5:30 Pacific time. It’s live on Facebook via the Signature Editions Facebook site. See you there!

Thanks to Everyone Who Came Out to the Book Warehouse!

March 8, 2025 Andrew Boden

It was great to do a joint reading with Robert Mackay and have such an engaged, thoughtful audience, too. And thanks again to cellist Anna Kuchkova for her beautiful playing!

Photo of authors Andrew Boden and Robert Mackay.

Photo of cellist Anna Kuchkova and author Andrew Boden.

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