Trust the Bluer Skies
A book of creative non-fiction
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Interviewed by Prairie Books Now
Prairie Books Now just published an interview with me in their latest magazine issue. This issue can also be read on line or downloaded for free here : https://prairiebooksnow.ca/issues Thank you to PBN and Luis Reis for taking an interest in this book on Fatherhood. Enjoy. More great books and authors are also to be discovered in this issue of prairie based creatives. #trustthebluerskies #uofr_press #parenting #parents #luso #lusocanadian #portuguesecommunity #canlit #literature #bookbuzz #writersofinstagram #abwriters #bookrecommendations #bookreader #bookreview #bookstagram #books #booklover #bookaddict #booknerd #nonfictionbooks #memoir #lusobooks #portuguesecommunity #portuguesetraditions #portuguese #ancestry Trust the Bluer Skies Meditations on Fatherhood By paulo da costa Reviews “One man’s work to change the meaning of…
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Teaching / Mentoring Authors at Alexandra Writers’ Centre
I’ll be one of the Alexandra Writers’ Centre mentors for their 2025 Author Development Program (from January to June 2025). If you are working on a manuscript of Fiction (Flash, Short-stories or a Novel), Creative Non-Fiction (including Memoir) or Poetry, I would be happy to work with you under the auspices of this program. I am published in all those genres. Check the detail here : https://www.alexandrawriters.org/author-development-program.html https://www.alexandrawriters.org/author-development-program.html https://www.alexandrawriters.org/story-maker.html The AWC has subsidies and flexible payment options available if needed.
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Trust the Bluer Skies Promo Video
Thank you to reader and friend Camilo Florez who created and gifted me with this Book Promo video as a way to bring more awareness to my new book. Please pass it around if you enjoyed reading Trust the Bluer Skies (and your armchair journey to Portugal). And if you are a TikToker feel free to post it there too. Obrigado.
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paulo da costa interviewed by the Calgary Herald
Check out today’s Calgary Herald and their book section. They feature an article and interview about my fatherhood memoir. Thank you Eric Volmers for being interested in Trust the Bluer Skies and for being such a great supporter of local creatives in our city. Obrigado. https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/letters-to-a-son-calgary-author-offers-meditations-on-fatherhood-with-memoir-trust-the-bluer-skies
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CBC Books recommends Trust the Bluer Skies for Father’s Day
Being a father can be both a challenging and rewarding part of life, shaped by their own experiences and parents. This Father’s Day (June 16 2024), check out 20 Canadian books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more that share the stories of fathers and father-like figures. Head to cbcbook.ca for more.
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CBC Radio’s Day Break Interviews paulo on Father’s Day
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-95-daybreak-alberta This coming Father’s Day – Sunday June 16th 2024 at 8 AM – listen to Paul Karchut on CBC Day Break interviewing me about my new book: Trust the Bluer Skies – Meditations on Fatherhood. Or tune into the podcast of this radio show at your leisure. The podcast will go up that Sunday afternoon and stay up for a few weeks. Enjoy!
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2024 James H. Gray Awards for Short Nonfiction
A beautiful evening celebrating the incredible writing talent in the province of Alberta. Congratulations to all finalists, and a shout out to Patti Edgar and Thomas Wharton in my own non-fiction / essay category.
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Short-listed for the 2024 WGA James H. Gray Award
Congratulations to the finalists and to everyone who had works submitted to the 2024 Alberta Literary Awards. My essay, The Stones that Anchor Us, and published in 2023 by Queen’s Quarterly has been short-listed for: James H. Gray Awards for Short Nonfiction paulo da costa – The Stones that Anchor Us (Queens Quarterly) Patti Edgar – Ascending in a Hotel Conference Room (The Dalhousie Review) Thomas Wharton – Cat Fox Neutrino (Hazlitt) This essay is included in my new book, Trust the Bluer Skies. Thank you to the Writers’ Guild of Alberta for hosting these awards, than you to the many funders that ensure the continuity of these prizes. @writersguildab…
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Foreword Magazine Review
AUTOBIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR Trust the Bluer Skies : Meditations on Fatherhood paulo da costa, University of Regina Press Softcover $24.95 (256pp) 978-0-88977-995-2 paulo da costa’s heartbreaking memoir Trust the Bluer Skies is a bittersweet ode to memories of lost times and places. The book explores da costa’s relationship with his four-year-old son, Koah, during a months- long, pivotal trip from Canada to da costa’s birth- place in rural Portugal, undertaken in an effort to expose Koah to his heritage and extended family life. The book is intentional in considering how traditions are passed from one generation to another, as from a loving father to his son. In Portugal, da costa…
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Review of Bluer Skies by Lindsay Wincherauk
audio and written review – click to view
