NML Hazard

It’s sandal weather. Happy feet!!

A little toad hopping through the woods always makes me happy #animals #nature

Hope you can join or spread the word about this upcoming course that I’m facilitating with CAMH Collaborative Learning College #ecogrief #ecoanxiety #therapeuticwriting

Saying goodbye to the beavers @wintergreenstudios #animals #nature

Considering a first swim of the season

Got that spring feeling

Spending a few days in the woods at a writing retreat @wintergreenstudios #writinglife #nature

Had so much fun at my book launch last night. Thanks to Kendra @gifted.horse for hosting and @anotherstorybookshop as an amazing venue! And of course thanks to @arsenalpulp for publishing this collection! #canlit #shortstories #animals

THE LIFE OF A CREATURE by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard is an astonishing debut story collection about the interconnection between humans and animals navigating love, loss, and healing. Creatures swim, slither, and soar their way through this stunning short story collection about the inextricable nature of humans and animals that celebrates and bears witness to our fellow creatures and to the complex emotional terrain of our own lives. A woman’s personal trauma and anxiety are intertwined with the lives of the feral dogs abandoned in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. As a lesbian love affair unravels, the secrets of a gift-giving crow are revealed. The life of a veterinarian is told through the animals that she has loved and that she has tried to save. A dying man dreams of returning as a vulture after death. The plight of sea turtles on the brink of extinction weaves through a mother’s devastation over the loss of a daughter. Beautiful in its renderings of human experience, THE LIFE OF A CREATURE is a tender and haunting book imbued with the deeply sensory intimacies of the animal world. 🌟 “A beautiful and complex book. The stories weave through the emotional terrain of death and love and of the roles that animals play in our lives, their intertwined relationship to us. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book quite like this one.” —Deb Olin Unferth, author of BARN 8 👉 Out now in Canada and the US. Get your copy from your favourite local bookstore, or order direct from ArsenalPulp.com

The book launch is one week away. Hope you can make it! Register at lifeofacreature.eventbrite.ca #booklaunch #shortstories #canlit @arsenalpulp @anotherstorybookshop

Trout lilies are blooming on the forest floor #nature #spring

A lovely gift @annalubiw #writinglife #nature #homemade