Blair Hurley

Sep 24, 2024 | toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca | Daniel Cox |Michelle Syba |KR Byggdin |Blair Hurley

The Word On The Street’s 35th Annual Festival returns to its iconic fall weekend, September 28th and 29th, at Queen’s Park.

Aug 23, 2023 | crimereads.com | Blair Hurley

Novels, I’ve found in my writing experience, come out of ideas that won’t be denied. They surface from the mind like something primeval climbing out of muck. Once they’re out there, wet and dripping, there’s no putting them back under the black tar. My novel about an apocalyptic cult, Minor Prophets, came out of me that way, a piece at a time, first a head, then a tail, then a confused monstrosity of parts. I had just moved to Chicago after a lifetime spent on the east coast.

Apr 17, 2023 | lithub.com | Blair Hurley

I got an email recently about the demise of the Bolt Bus, and it sent me back 12 years to the hours of my life I spent riding it. I was part of the loyalty program for the low-priced line of red buses that shuttled people up and down the northeast corridor, mostly between Boston and New York. Every fifth ride, I got a free trip, which was a big deal for a grad student living in New York with a boyfriend in grad school and a mother undergoing chemo, both in Boston.

Apr 17, 2023 | pw.org | Blair Hurley

The Gary Paulsen books are in a box in my basement now, yellowing the way all paperbacks do, tucked among the pantheon of the most beloved, the most favorite middle-grade reading experiences I’ve ever had. There are unicorn novels and tales of talking mice fighting fantasy wars, along with the many books about teen wizards. Next to those books stand Paulsen’s, about wolves tearing open the guts of a deer on a frozen lake.