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Review: "A story that asks to be heard"

I sent my novel to the reviewer at Seven Circumstances a couple of years ago. She has reviewed several LLP books and I like her honest...

Heard the buzz

Montreal writer Toula Drimonis posted about my book on Instagram. It was beyond thrilling. I don't know her personally, but she's got a...

Review: "a bittersweet story of barriers and restrictions"

This was in the Globe and Mail today. Not accessible if you don't have a paid account - I subscribed just to see this lol. It's part of a...

Review: "A five star debut"

This review is from The Miramichi Reader, a great site that is quickly growing to be a player on the Canadian literary scene. Montrealer...

All that effort for the very last ditch

I wrote a guest blog post for Gail Anderson-Dargatz (here), who helped me work through the last drafting of The Philistine. Her input and...

Review: "Lyrical but keen-eyed"

Montreal Review of Books, by Danielle Barkley Early in Leila Marshy’s novel The Philistine, the protagonist, Nadia, abruptly declines to...

Q&A: "It's like being a singer-songwriter opening for the Beatles."

Q&A with Linda Leith at Salon. Linda Leith: You’ve been working in the literary milieu here in Montreal for many years. Tell me a bit...

Review: "Superior writer of fiction"

Ottawa Review of Books, by Ian Thomas Shaw Leila Marshy's The Philistine is a rich portrayal of two young women's passionate love affair...

The Philistine, trailer

The Philistine happened

I wrote a novel and said novel is being published. It will be out in the Spring 2018. This is an event in my life that is so massive, so...