Leanne Toshiko Simpson

Jun 27, 2024 | cbc.ca | Sean Michaels |Amy Lea |Scott Howard |Leanne Toshiko Simpson

Need a good book to relax with this season? Check out this list of buzzworthy Canadian titles out right now. Do You Remember Being Born? by Sean MichaelsDo You Remember Being Born? is a novel by Sean Michaels. (Random House Canada)Do You Remember Being Born? follows a famous poet named Marian Ffarmer, who after years of dedicating herself singularly to her art has started to question her life choices.

Apr 27, 2024 | journalgazette.net | Leanne Toshiko Simpson |Angela Brown |Alexandra S. Tanner |Andrew Boryga

These works of humorous fiction are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “Never Been Better”by Leanne Toshiko Simpson A year after discharge from the psych ward, Dee arrives in Turks and Caicos to attend her best friends’ Matt and Misa’s wedding, and to confess feelings for Matt. But disrupting their nuptials would jeopardize the entire support system that holds the trio together, forcing her to choose between love and recovery.

Mar 8, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Esmé Weijun Wang |Rachel Lindsay |Leanne Toshiko Simpson

If you search the internet for “books about bipolar disorder,” the overwhelming majority of titles that appear are guaranteed to be self-help books to guide you (or your loved ones) through what is seen as a scary, unpredictable illness. It’s no wonder that manic-depressive symptoms have long been used as a dramatic plot device, or that most literature around bipolar disorder is dedicated to “fixing” or overcoming it.

Mar 4, 2024 | eventbrite.ca | Leanne Toshiko Simpson |Harper Collins Canada

About the eventEscape to the Paradise Theatre to celebrate the release of Leanne Toshiko Simpson's debut novel NEVER BEEN BETTER with live music, book signings and a screening of the late 90s rom-com classic My Best Friend's Wedding (with unlimited popcorn!). Supported by HarperCollins Canada and Queen Books. Proceeds from this book launch will support Gifts Of Light's art cart program, which offers peer-led artistic workshops for psychiatric inpatients.

Jan 5, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Leanne Toshiko Simpson |Kristin Hannah

A funny, refreshing, and generous story full of wisdom on mental health. A woman with bipolar disorder travels to Turks and Caicos to break up the wedding of her best friends. “You can’t just joke about these types of things,” a horrified mother says in Simpson’s invigoratingly comic debut novel, which proves her wrong in all the right ways.