Ao Leanne's books...
About The Sweater Curse (thriller)...
Blurb
Aspiring knitwear designer Gwen Bjarnson is stuck in Purgatory. To escape, she must re-examine her life, journey
through her past and right a wrong. But which wrong?
Young and in love, she works to establish her career, except fate has different plans. One rash act and she loses
everything. Never resting, always seeking, and yearning for what she can no longer have, Gwen faces the truth:
if she remains, others are destined to die.
How will she solve the mystery before it is too late?
Buy Link
Decadent Publishing http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=203&osCsid=ep6jlbnir3bacfp9floeovjqt7
Amazon
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Smashwords
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/36891
Sony's Reader Store
http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/leanne-dyck/the-sweater-curse/_/R-400000000000000341365
Chapters.Indigo.ca
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/search/?keywords=The%20Sweater%20Curse&pageSize=12
The Sweater Curse blog
This blog offers an author reading podcast of The Sweater Curse, a knitting tutorial, interviews with authors and knitwear designers, plus...
Daily posts (M-Sa)
http://sweatercursed.blogspot.com
Reviews
'Stitch by colorful stitch, Leanne Dyck knits a tale of intrigue with The Sweater Curse' -Laurie Buchanan
'Leanne Dyck has crafted a tale as exotic and existential as Danish author Isak Dinesen's.... This book defies genre definitions as it finds its unique place on the fiction shelves. Here's hoping Leanne Dyck returns many times to the intriguing roots of her family's past.
-Mystery author Lou Allin
'Go out and pick this one up, you'll find yourself immersed as well.' -Deborah Warner, reviewer for By the Book
(read more http://sweatercursed.blogspot.com/p/reviews.html )
Excerpt
This isn't Heaven. It isn't Hell. And I'm not alive.
Picture this: a bus stop, tons of people packed into the same small space all waiting to continue their journey. Many buses stop here. Some passengers get off, others get on. Young children with sickly white complexions huddle together in the shelter. Teenagers with rope burns around their necks get off the bus. Old men with bullet holes climb on.
Throughout this confusion, the only constant is me. I remain alone.
Why?
I don't know, but I must find the reason. I must examine my life to discover the momentary lapse. The wrong I've committed. The task I've neglected. It's my only means of escape.
-Prologue to THE SWEATER CURSE
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Work In Progress
A Long Way From Her
(novel)
(approximately 55, 000 words)
A Long Way From Her is set in the 1980s. Nineteen-year-old Lyndi Wimpel has graduated from high school. It's time for her to leave home but her Mom doesn't want her to go and Lyndi doesn't think she can. She's dyslexic and considers herself handicapped. But when Lyndi joins Katimavik (a government-run youth group of participants 17 to 21 years old) she learns she is capable of more than she--or her parents--ever dreamed.
Based on a true story. The plot is loosely hung on real life events. All characters are fictional.
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Beau the Cat
(picture book)
(approximately 700 words)
Beau and his human Amy Sue are good friends. In fact, they spend all their time together. There is only one exception--nighttime. Each night, while Amy Sue sleeps, Beau leaves her to travel to a world alive with hooting owls and barking dogs. What Beau does on spectacular night will captivate you. It may even make you giggle.
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My Life In Purl and Plain
(non-fiction)
Knitting has carried me through the peeks and valleys of my life--from my struggles with dyslexia, to falling in love, to my mom's death, to redefining my life. This is a tribute to the craft in vignettes, essays, patterns and techniques.
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Appearances in 2012
Thursdays, April 19th
Crime Writers of Canada
Arthur Eillis Awards(http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/)
Vancouver Public Library ( http://www.vpl.ca/branches/)
7 - 7:30 PM (approximately), panelist
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Blog
The Sweater Curse http://sweatercursed.blogspot.com
This blog is new (October 10, 2010) and growing bigger daily (over 17, 000 page views).
Please help me nurture it.
New posts go live (usually) at 9 am PST
Monday (January 30)
Knitting: a sweater pattern shared
Tuesday (January 31)
Writing: What she wrote...
Wednesday (Feb. 1)
reading The Sweater Curse chapter 3, page 3
Thursday (Feb. 2)
photos: On the ferry
Friday (Feb. 3)
Please welcome Author Mary Sharrott
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You can also find me here
Writers Digest Community
http://community.writersdigest.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3d15kzmr87e2i
Diving Deeper
http://divingdeeper.ning.com/profile/LeanneDyck?xg_source=msg_wel_network
Twitter
http://twitter.com/lustfulgraces
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Bibliography
2005 Vinaterta
Flavours of Vancouver: dishes from around the world
Published by Douglas & McIntyre
2006 Maynely True
short story collection chapbook
Novelty Yarn
Audio book short story collection
2007 Short on Paper
flash fiction collection chapbookchapbook
Yarn Therapy
An introduction to knitting
2008 Leanne Dyck
article
A Needle Pulling Thread magazine
2009 Maynely A Mystery
cozy mystery
self-published
2009 Because She Believed In Me
creative non-fiction story
Island Writer Literary Journal
2010 Take Note
flash fiction
Island Writer Literary Journal
2011 The Sweater Curse
thriller
Decadent Publishing
2011 If Not For Her
creative non-fiction
Kaleidoscope
Exploring the experience of disability through literature and the fine arts
Number 62
2011 A Slave to her Muse
flash fiction
Bibliophilic Blather
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Readings
2006 Celebration of Art on Mayne Island, BC
2007 Victoria Fibrefest/Knit out
2007 BC's Creative Expo, Trade Ex, Abbotsford, BC
2009 Island Writer Magazine launch, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
2010 Victoria Writers' Society AGM, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
2010 Overleaf cafe-bookshop, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
2010 Island Writer Magazine launch, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC
2010 Salt Spring Island radio CSFI-FM
2011 Podcast
Every Wednesday (from January to July) I read from The Sweater Curse on my blog
http://sweatercursed.blogspot.com/p/radio-show-podcast.html
2012 Deep Cove Spinners and Weavers, Vancouver Island, BC
Note: Since 2006, I've read my work--in a variety of locations--11 times on Mayne Island
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About Maynely A Mystery (cozy mystery)...
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Maynely A Mystery
(paperback published in June 2009)
Blurb
The last words of her beloved Grandmother send Olivia Weatherington on a journey to Mayne Island, BC. There, Olivia follows clue after clue to solve a six decades old family mystery.
Excerpt
“My people, my nation has been coming here from the beginning of time. This is a magical island,” he smiled. “You were lost when you came here but now the island has found you. It will reveal many lessons to you: why you’re here; who you are; where you came from. Don’t be afraid to learn. These lessons will leave you stronger.” Michael got up and strode away.
Reviews
Peppered with subtle humour, surreal situations and entertaining characters.
Amber Harvey (Mayne Island Aliens)
In Maynely A Mystery, her first novel, Leanne Dyck takes her skill at writing emotionally charged stories from nonfiction into fiction. Her writing about knitting has given her the skills needed to spin a yarn in this new genre.
Donna Druchunas (Ethnic Knitting Exploration)
Rumours of gold, a secret lover, ghosts and other mysteries create a labyrinth of intrigue as Maynely A Mystery traces the lives of the story’s animated eccentric characters. Author Leanne Dyck knows her craft, her audience, and her setting. Her novel provides a voyeuristic glimpse into human character and island life.
Terrill Welch (Leading Raspberry Jam Visions: Women’s Way)
Maynely a Mystery by author Leanne Dyck is an intriguing book about a mysterious island filled with interesting eccentric characters. Mayne Island is an island located in the Gulf Islands between mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island. It is an island where time stands still, where hippies can lead their lives how they like and where people tend to find themselves in the silence. The author lives there and is obviously devoted to her home as she has found herself there.
Young Olivia Weatherington will also find herself there. She sets out on a journey with her grandmother's ashes and her cousin. She ends up finding truth, contentment and she finds what was missing in her life for so many years.
Leanne Dyck has a unique way of weaving a mysterious tale. Very enjoyable, quick read.
Kathryn Poulin, reviewer
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