December 10, 2025
Reading alert:
On December 17, 2025, Anna Elgie will read an excerpt of her essay ‘How to Restore a Family Quilt’ for the ‘From Life to Page’ online reading event held by the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society. This essay will appear in the next issue of Queen’s Quarterly.
December 17, 2025
7-8pm, EST
Register for the free reading event here.
October 18, 2025
On December 25, 2025, Anna Elgie will host an inaugural reading series entitled Once Upon an Estranged Family Christmas. This will include a reading by Elgie of a short story, and possibly work read by others. Elgie gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the Canada Council through The Writers’ Union of Canada for making this reading possible.
Register here. Note the Zoom link will be made available 30 min prior to the event.
October 9, 2025
The author formerly known as ‘Anna Shannon’ will now be known as ‘Anna Elgie.’ Future publications will bear that name.
I’ve chosen the name Elgie based on an affinity I have to a branch of my family tree. It is an ancient Scottish name, pre-dating the Norman Conquest, and predictably has been ascribed a number of meanings.
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