NEW RELEASE / NUOVA USCITA
Bruce Hunter’s award-winning novel In the Bear's House is now available in Italian.
iQdB publisher of Lecce, Italy, Stefano Donno is excited to announce the upcoming Italian edition of Bruce Hunter’s award-winning novel In The Bear’s House, translated as Nella casa dell'orso, by Andrea Sirotti.
This translation brings to Italian readers the moving story of a young deaf boy’s coming of age in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies as told by his young mother. Nella casa dell’orso is available December 2024 internationally on Amazon.
Il pluripremiato romanzo di Bruce Hunter Nella casa dell'orso è ora disponibile in italiano.
Stefano Donno, editore iQdB di Lecce, Italia, è lieto di annunciare la prossima edizione italiana del pluripremiato romanzo di Bruce Hunter Nella casa dell'orso, tradotto come Nella casa dell'orso, di Andrea Sirotti.
Questa traduzione porta ai lettori italiani la commovente storia del raggiungimento della maggiore età di un giovane ragazzo sordo nelle terre selvagge delle Montagne Rocciose canadesi raccontata dalla sua giovane madre Nella casa dell'orso è disponibile a livello internazionale dal dicembre 2024 su Amazon.
FORTHCOMING
Spring 2025 from Frontenac House
In the Bear's House
A brand new edition of Bruce Hunter’s award-winning novel In the Bear’s House is coming in spring 2025 from Frontenac House.
Bruce Hunter’s critically acclaimed novel won the 2009 Canadian Rockies prize at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, and has been described by critics as a mountain and prairie classic in the vein of Wallace Stegner and W.O. Mitchell.
RECENT HONOURS AND AWARDS
Galestro Rises on Calgary Bestseller List
Bruce Hunter's recent poetry collection, Galestro, climbed to number two on the Calgary Bestseller List (non-fiction) from the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) soon after its release. The list, based on sales data from local favorites Owl's Nest Books and Shelf Life Books, saw Galestro reappear a year later, this time reaching the number three spot.
"Dark Water" Named Finalist for 2023 AMPA Poetry Award
Bruce Hunter received the Gold Award for Poetry at the 2023 Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) Awards for his eco-poem "Dark Water," published in FreeFall Magazine. The poem addresses the environmental impact of Imperial Oil's Ogden Refinery in Alberta and is featured in Hunter's poetry collection, Galestro.
COMING EVENTS
Exciting new releases are on the way! Stay tuned for updates on Bruce Hunter’s upcoming book launches, including Nella casa dell'orso, the Italian edition of In The Bear's House. Announcements about launch locations in Florence, Toronto, and Calgary will be posted here, so check back regularly for more details and opportunities to engage with his work.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Bruce Hunter
Award-winning Poet & Author
Bruce Hunter’s poems, stories and essays have appeared in over 80 publications in Canada, China, India, Italy, the U.K and the US. He has authored eleven books. The latest, Nella casa dell’orso (the translation of his award winning novel In the Bear’s House), follows Galestro (2023), and A Life in Poetry (2022), all from iQdB edizioni in Italy. In 2021, his memoir essay “This is the Place I Come to in My Dreams,” was shortlisted for the Alberta Magazine Publishers' Awards for Essays, and in 2017, Bruce was Calgary Public Library's Author in Residence. Today, Bruce Hunter is an active editor, speaker and mentor. And he's a proud new grandpa.
RECENT BOOKS
GALESTRO
(2023)
A LIFE IN POETRY (2022)
COUNTRY MUSIC COUNTRY (2019)
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