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Fall & Winter Fests Featuring COUNTY ROAD SIX

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There are a few more events and fests that may well be locked in before long, but for now, I’m for sure going to be at a handful this fall/winter with COUNTY ROAD SIX, along with so many amazing authors from Canada and elsewhere. As free-hotel is the greatest part about writing and publishing, and doing booky events and tour things is the only way my poor author ass gets to travel for the most part, it is amazing to get back to a few spots where I’ve fested in the past.

Check out the info below (to be updated as needed), with some of the actual events already locked and loaded with excellent authors. As of now, I’m super pumped to be sharing stages with Amanda Peters, Wayne Johnston, Don Gillmor, Alex Springs, Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Rollie Pemberton, Chanel Sutherland, Aaron Cully Drake, Doretta Lau, Amal El-Mohtar, Sharon Bala, Portia Elan, Jordan Abel, Kevin Hardcastle, Dina Del Bucchia, Zak Jones, and more…

If you click any of the above links for Eden Mills Writers Fest, Calgary Wordfest, Vancouver Writers Fest, Parry Sound Fest of Authors, and Wild Writers Literary Fest you’ll get the event link for those I’m involved in at each spot, but note that the latter three are yet to have individual events listed (PSFA seems to be waitin’ on a website as it is only newly being started up again this year, and WWLF hasn’t put the 2026 fest details up fully yet).

Otherwise, there are those outstanding festivals we’re waiting to hear about and some more potential readings that I’ve gotta circle back around to the organizers for, as the spring and summer were pretty busy after the release of COUNTY ROAD SIX and some other writing/teaching engagements on the go. When I’ve got those sorted out, I’ll crank ’em up on this hilarious increasingly baffling site and share on socials and whatnot, as usual.

Until then, grab up your tickets for these if you’re in the area, or if you want to trek over to any of these spots. I’ll be there warbling about real rural Ontario stories and shenanigans and probably about class warfare and maybe even the latest emo sadgirls that I’ve been listening to whilst going about my business in recent months.

Keep on reading and, if you haven’t already but feel so inclined, grab your own copy of COUNTY ROAD SIX by clicking this line. Never don’t believe in your dreams, as always…

KH

Polar Verlag to publish German translation of IN THE CAGE

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I’ve known about this a little while, but since my publisher has been handling contractual duties, I waited to announce this until I knew for sure it was a done deal. In any case, I’ve been contacted to work through another translation of IN THE CAGE, so I figure it’s safe to tell you that the rights to that novel have been bought by German publisher, Polar Verlag. Though they’re a newer press, they have a mandate to put out uncompromising, gritty books by authors that German readers might not be aware of. And, with the likes of David Joy and Ken Bruen under their roof, amongst others, I think that we’ll be a great fit.

The novel’s German language rights were acquired by Wolfgang Franßen, founder of this exciting new independent press. Though I’m not sure when the pub date is for sure, I’ll let you know as soon as I’ve got more info. I was lucky enough to get to France last year with the Dans La Cage, translated and published by Editions Albin Michel, and hopefully there’ll be a chance to get to Frankfurt in 2020, where Canada is the country they’re focusing on, as it was at Festival America.

Not bad for a Canadian book put out by an indie press, about rural mayhem and MMA and poverty and some feelings and such. So, I hope that I can keep on expanding into other markets with the next novel as well. In the meantime, I better keep writing that fucking new novel, I guess…

Take care. KH