Books & Other Writing
Title TBA: Anthology (Non-Fiction)
Date TBA, Caitlin Press. Created and edited by Oga Nwobosi and Christina Myers, featuring 26 writers from across Canada on the topic of postpartum depression/anxiety and maternal mental health.
HALFWAY HOME: THOUGHTS FROM MIDLIFE (Non-Fiction)
2024, House of Anansi. Available from your local independent bookstore or through major online retailers.
"With wit and warmth, these personal essays move from a first bra to first hot flashes to consider the lessons we learn through media and culture–and from each other–about bodies, sexuality, gender roles, and what we should want in life. Christina Myers explores the ways that beauty standards and cultural expectations around femininity have shaped our identities and how we might shed those going forward; the power of friendships and the value of having other women to learn from; the anxiety of moving through motherhood into menopause in a time of global environmental crisis and political upheaval; and the uncertainty of how this stage of life should unfold, as old systems shift and crumble ... these essays remind us there are others on this trail with us, just behind or just ahead, out of sight. We are not alone."
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Shortlisted for the SCWES 2024 book award
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Vancouver Sun: featured in Summer Reading 2024 List - Five BC Books
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49th Shelf: Most Anticipated Spring 2024 Non-Fiction
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BC Review Magazine: "As one reaches the end of Myers’ memoir, they may come to understand that a life is more than a random collection of stories detailing the ups and downs of the human experience. Our lives are a map chronicling where we are, where we’ve been and where we are going. In Halfway Home, Myers has unlocked the whispers of the universe. She listens closely, and inspires us to do the same."
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THE LIST OF LAST CHANCES (Fiction)
2021, Caitlin Press. Available from your local independent bookstore or through major online retailers.
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Winner: 2023 Canadian Book Club Awards - fiction category
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Translation, 2023, by Metafora Publishing in Prague, Czech Republic
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Longlisted for 2022 Leacock Medal
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Shortlisted for 2022 Fred Kerner Book Award
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BC Bestseller
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Named a Shrapnel List Mag most anticipated for spring 2021
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“The List of Last Chances is a snappy, soaring read that navigates the messy bonds of love and friendship with heart, humour and hijinks. Myers reminds us that second chances may be closer than they appear if we’re brave enough to look in the mirror and simply change lanes. A postcard perfect debut." -Ali Bryan, author of The Figgs and a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour
Synopsis: At thirty-eight years old, Ruthie finds herself newly unemployed, freshly single, sleeping on a friend’s couch and downing a bottle of wine each night. Having overstayed her welcome and desperate for a job, Ruthie responds to David’s ad ... read more...
Are you reading The List of Last Chances for a book club? Here's some discussion questions.
BIG (Non-Fiction)
2020, Caitlin Press. Created and edited by Christina Myers, with writing from 26 writers from across Canada, the US and the UK.
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2021 IPPY silver medal award winner
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BC Bestseller
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Featured at FOLD 2021
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On Quill & Quire's spring 2020 most-anticipated non-fiction list
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On CBC's 40 works to watch for list
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Loan Star Pick - most anticipated by librarians January/February 2020
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2021 BC Books for BC Schools Selection
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“A book long overdue, expressing perspectives often ignored, by voices that will no longer be silenced!” - Candy Palmater LLB, orator, writer, humorist
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"In each of these stories I found some part of myself." - Goodreads reviewer
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"This book was wonderful. So raw and funny and sad. Loved it." - Goodreads reviewer
Purchase this book: I encourage you to buy from your local independent bookseller. Other options: buy direct from the publisher; or from Indigo in Canada; or from Barnes and Noble in the US.
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Anthologies - contributing author
2023: Stained: An Anthology of Writing About Menstruation
2023: Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces
2022: Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing
2021: Unspoken, flash fiction anthology
2020: Fearless Footsteps - True Stories that Capture the Spirit of Adventure
2017: Sustenance - Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food
2016: Boobs - Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts
2015: Emerge15 - Writer's Studio Anthology
Magazines, newspapers, literary publications
My writing has appeared in Room Magazine, Read Local BC, WordWorks Magazine, Asparagus Magazine, YMC, SavvyMom, CBC Radio (online), NS Living, Hitched Magazine, SPACE Magazine, and more, on topics as diverse as motherhood, high-end home wine cellars, cross-cultural wedding traditions, and more.
