Girly Muckle can’t wait to meet you!
That’s right!
Bernardine Ann Teráz Stapleton’s Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands is here, alive and well and just waiting for you precious and precocious readers to share in her glee.
Perhaps you’ve heard of The Battery – quiet, peaceful, serene. Then there’s Girly Muckle.
Girly knows the folk living in The Battery have plenty of secrets to keep. She has a few of her own. For starters, she’s a selkie.
Now, a selkie isn’t some cutie-pie creature, so you needn’t imagine a princess of the mermaids here. No.
Along with her besties – an adlet and a shapeling – they are the Queer Hands, a band of young punks with big dreams.
But, when a meddling detective threatens to expose their mythical nature to the world, will the Queer Hands even make it out alive?
While this novel takes place in a fantastically imagined Newfoundland, it bears a tale that is sure to please selkies residing anywhere.
So, for those residing anywhere, Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands may now be ordered in print here while the Kindle edition can be pre-ordered here.
Meanwhile, stay tuned for more details to come about the launch of this magical tale.
This is it.
This is lit!
Bernardine Ann Teráz Stapleton is an author, a playwright, a performer, and an absolute treasure with the voice of a tempest.
Born in North West River and raised in Marystown, her connections to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador resonate throughout her works.
Her plays are regularly produced across the province, and her previous books include the award-winning They Let Down Baskets (Killick Press), Rants, Riffs and Roars (Creative Book Publishing), and This is the Cat (Creative Book Publishing). Her memoir, Love, Life, is forthcoming from Breakwater Books.
Learn more about her at bernistapleton.com.
Nicole Leona Smith is an emerging visual artist who divides her time between Newfoundland and her home in Cambridge, Ontario. Her illustrations are simply delightful.
Until now, she has been best known for her writing and her work in theatre.
She is also drafting her first novel with support from the Ontario Arts Council.
Discover more about her at nicoleona.com.
Problematic Press is an independent publisher based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
