paulo da costa

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    • Trust the Bluer Skies
    • Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey
    • The Cartography of Being
    • The Green and Purple Skin of the World
    • The Scent of a Lie
    • The Midwife of Torment
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    • The Scent of a Lie – audio
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    • The Midwife of Torment – audio
    • Twenty Poems
    • notas de rodapé – audio
    • xx poemas
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  • Books
    • Trust the Bluer Skies
    • Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey
    • The Cartography of Being
    • The Green and Purple Skin of the World
    • The Scent of a Lie
    • The Midwife of Torment
  • Audio Books
    • The Scent of a Lie – audio
    • The Book of Catalogues
    • The Midwife of Torment – audio
    • Twenty Poems
    • notas de rodapé – audio
    • xx poemas
  • Livros
    • O Perfume da Mentira
    • notas de rodapé
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  • Blog,  Essays,  Interviewed,  Interviews,  News,  Reviews,  Trust the Bluer Skies

    paulo da costa interviewed by the Calgary Herald

    June 15, 2024 /

    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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    Obligatory reading for the North American Luso Diaspora – impressions by Diniz Borges

    December 8, 2015

    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016

    Focus On Victoria – Magazine – w/ author paulo da costa

    July 8, 2017
  • Blog,  Essays,  News,  Trust the Bluer Skies

    2024 James H. Gray Awards for Short Nonfiction

    June 12, 2024 /

    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. 2024 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction Jury Remarks: paulo da costa’s “The Stones That Anchor Us” is a touching homecoming tale that is original in structure and rich in description. Unconventionally, it takes the form of a kind of letter to the writer’s son and daughter (addressed as “you”), reminding them of their past visits, of local customs and time-honoured traditions. “The Stones That Anchor Us” is a heartwarming homage to tradition, to the…

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    Unhurried & Meditative – A National Post review

    May 10, 2013

    Sharp and True – a book review by the Coastal Spectator

    May 23, 2013

    Interview in Portuguese-American Review

    December 21, 2015
  • Blog,  Fiction,  News,  Short Stories,  Stories,  Sudden Fiction

    New Sudden Fiction in Queens Quarterly

    May 4, 2024 /

    Check out my newest short-story in the spring issue of Queen’s Quarterly. It was fun to write and return to the Himalayan landscape.

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    Impressive Stories – Edmonton Journal

    November 23, 2012

    Malahat Review – Seamless Stories Haunt

    December 12, 2013

    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016
  • Blog,  Fiction,  News,  Short Stories,  Stories

    New Story in fillingStation

    May 4, 2024 /

    Check out my new short-story in issue #83 of fillingStation Magazine. My thanks to fiction editor Tasnuva Hayden for taking a chance on this linguistically-playful story. Check out the other contributors and work in this Language themed issued. https://fillingstation.myshopify.com/products/filling-station-issue-82 The LANGUAGE issue, featuring new work from: Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Matthew Barron, James Braun, Megan Callahan, Douglas Cole, paulo da costa, Jaimie Franchi, Ed Go, Erina Harris, Henry Heavyshield, Chris Hutchinson, Daze Jefferies, Sophia Lengle, Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, Cassandra Myers, Shane Neilson, Steve Noyes, Coco Owen, kerry rawlinson, Nnadi Samuel, Tosh Sherkat, David Sheskin, Liam Strong, Sara Truuvert, and Xen Virtue. Cover art by Jacob James Bews.

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    Impressive Stories – Edmonton Journal

    November 23, 2012

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    August 7, 2013

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    September 7, 2013
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    New Creative Essay

    December 27, 2023 /

    Please check out my creative essay, The Stones That Anchor Us in this just-released issue of Queen’s Quarterly. This text explores the Xmas eve traditions in my family, and also broadly shared by many in this northern area of Portugal. Enjoy. https://www.queensu.ca/quarterly/stones-anchor-us

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    Atlantis – sang by Nancy Dutra

    August 7, 2013

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    February 5, 2014

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    O Perfume da Mentira em destaque nos Olhos nos Livros Blog

    September 11, 2022 /

    Eis que depois de uma pausa de dois meses para que pudessem ler os livros recomendados, aqui estamos com a edição do outono de 2022, que terá um livro por semana até meados de dezembro. Esta a recomendação de Manuela Marujo. Cada semana teremos uma diferente, com José Luís da Silva, João Martins, Manuela Marujo e Diniz Borges. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid0Gw9ZbWrMYKP4BntaZ2R364Z6JjMDTKHZjvEPLiLdaoJjA7oaobeeQ9U9mdMpCmeml%26id%3D100075535222612&show_text=true&width=500

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    All My Relations: Reflections on Home

    December 11, 2016

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    Reading by Five Alberta Authors

    August 22, 2022 /

    Five Alberta authors to feature in North/West Passages online event marking 50th Anniversary of The Writers’ Union of Canada For more information, interviews or photos, contact Jackie Carmichael at Carmichael dot Jacqueline at gmail dot com Five Alberta authors will feature in an upcoming online event marking the 50th Anniversary of The Writers’ Union of Canada. North/West Passages is a year-long monthly Zoom-based reading series celebrating authors from The Writers’ Union of Canada. Featured readers on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 6 pm Alberta time will include authors Lori Hahnel, Katherine Koller, Sharon Butala, paulo da costa, and Anna Shannon. “I’m dazzled by the calibre of writing this series is attracting. Each of these…

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    The Midwife of Torment – forthcoming book

    October 22, 2014

    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016

    The Guest who refuses to be polite – impressions by Emanuel Melo

    December 20, 2015
  • Blog,  Fiction,  News,  Short Stories,  Stories

    New Sci-Fi Story in Mithila Review

    August 14, 2022 /

    Check out my new story in Mithila Review’s special global Hopepunk issue of science fiction (and fantasy) devoted to positive and powerful character-driven stories that imagine an open and inclusive tech-empowered democratic future for all people, species and countries on Earth. Harefoot Express – Think Globally, Travel Locally. A story that takes place in Mohkínstsis, (present day Calgary), and sometime in the late 21st Century. This tale transports us to a future that still holds hope for human existence, including more inclusive and democratic forms of governing, as well as new strategies for the long process of restoring the earth’s natural ecosystems and diminishing the human footprint. What will tourism…

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    New essay in Reckoning 6

    January 22, 2022 /

    Check out my new essay in this amazing USA based publication focusing on themes of environmental justice. Reckoning 6 Reckoning 6 – Print Edition Preorder $20.00 Add to cart Reckoning 6, edited by Aïcha Martine Thiam and Gabriela Santiago, addresses the intersection between social upheaval and environmental change. “[I]t’s like a brief closing of the hand around something small and floating, framing it just long enough that we are able to look, really look at it. And then, if we can, we let it go.”—Aïcha Martine Thiam “It is not utopia. But it is what we can have, these careful negotiations, communications, challenges, and sharing. We have relationships. New, complicated,…

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    Interview in Portuguese-American Review

    December 21, 2015 /

    original interview in Portuguese-American Review   Portuguese-American Review – Congratulations on publishing “Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey: Essays on Language, Identity and Writing Culture”. What is this book’s genre or category? paulo da costa – The book can be seen as a creative non-fiction collection of texts that stretches its traditional essay-like boundaries past the more journalistic or academic essay by its irreverence, humour and often its embrace of a poetic tone to deliver thought through the vein of beauty. I hope it will be seen as a garden of beautiful words with philosophical substance. A poet at heart can never abstain from wrapping his thoughts in beauty. An edible…

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