Scarborough longlisted for Canada Reads and shortlisted for the Evergreen Forest of Reading Award, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction!
Scarborough shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards!
What the judges said...
"Rooted from within the worldview and place it portrays, Scarborough is an intimate portrait of a community with all its nuances and desires deftly captured. Through this novel, Hernandez invites us to engage in both the subtle and the sharp, the ordinary and the extraordinary; which, at its best, is what Toronto is all about. Brick by brick, life by life, Scarborough delivers an orchestral impact, one small, beautiful voice at a time."
"Rooted from within the worldview and place it portrays, Scarborough is an intimate portrait of a community with all its nuances and desires deftly captured. Through this novel, Hernandez invites us to engage in both the subtle and the sharp, the ordinary and the extraordinary; which, at its best, is what Toronto is all about. Brick by brick, life by life, Scarborough delivers an orchestral impact, one small, beautiful voice at a time."
praise for scarborough.
"From the Rouge Hill waterfront via the 54 bus route, to the little strip mall on Lawson and Centennial to the National Thrift on Lawrence and Kingston, to the mural on the Warden Station underpass (Jamaican patty in hand), this is a town coloured by its people, brutal when it’s rough, comfortably home when it feels like it or when it doesn’t. And this is a story on the reckoning of privilege and the acceptance of difference. Simply put, it’s a lot."
-- Sadaf Ahsan, National Post
"From Ms Hina’s epistolary battle with her supervisor to the tragedy of an apartment fire, Scarborough is an engrossing read that’s a lot like its cover. Hernandez sets us running down that subway corridor, anxious for what comes around the next corner. Heartbreak, to be sure. But also unexpected joys and big lessons. Highly recommended."
--Jerry L. Wheeler, Out in Print
"Scarborough is raw yet beautiful, disturbing yet hopeful. And though it often feels relentless in its bleakness, it also gives voice to people whose stories are often unheard, making this an important book that deserves a wide audience."
— Kathy Sexton, Booklist
"Hernandez writes not from the vantage of 'them over there' but from 'us' and 'we'...
This is a crucial book for Toronto, and a shining example for writers concerned with the cultural tensions of the now.
--Jonathan Valelly, Broken Pencil
"This is a novel that will be rightly celebrated by folks in Scarborough and further afield. It’s a celebration of community, a sensitive and compassionate portrayal of how lives are irrevocably changed, moment by moment, through small acts of kindness or cruelty. It’s a novel that deserves to be read widely."
--Trevor Corkum, Hamilton Review of Books
Did you enjoy reading Scarborough? If so If you liked the book, pls share your thoughts on Goodreads in fact, review all of the authors you read here. Canadian authors depend on good reviews to sell their books!
-- Sadaf Ahsan, National Post
"From Ms Hina’s epistolary battle with her supervisor to the tragedy of an apartment fire, Scarborough is an engrossing read that’s a lot like its cover. Hernandez sets us running down that subway corridor, anxious for what comes around the next corner. Heartbreak, to be sure. But also unexpected joys and big lessons. Highly recommended."
--Jerry L. Wheeler, Out in Print
"Scarborough is raw yet beautiful, disturbing yet hopeful. And though it often feels relentless in its bleakness, it also gives voice to people whose stories are often unheard, making this an important book that deserves a wide audience."
— Kathy Sexton, Booklist
"Hernandez writes not from the vantage of 'them over there' but from 'us' and 'we'...
This is a crucial book for Toronto, and a shining example for writers concerned with the cultural tensions of the now.
--Jonathan Valelly, Broken Pencil
"This is a novel that will be rightly celebrated by folks in Scarborough and further afield. It’s a celebration of community, a sensitive and compassionate portrayal of how lives are irrevocably changed, moment by moment, through small acts of kindness or cruelty. It’s a novel that deserves to be read widely."
--Trevor Corkum, Hamilton Review of Books
Did you enjoy reading Scarborough? If so If you liked the book, pls share your thoughts on Goodreads in fact, review all of the authors you read here. Canadian authors depend on good reviews to sell their books!
latest news.
Catherine named one of 17 writers to watch by CBC Books.
Read Catherine's article on CBC Arts, which is a love letter to the community that helped her publish her book, Scarborough.
Scarborough is shortlisted for 2016 Half the World Global Literati Award for full-length fiction
Catherine's first novel. Scarborough is named the 2015 co-winner of the Asian-Canadian Writers' Workshop Emerging Writers Award for fiction.
Catherine is one of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's Thinkers in Residence. Follow her blog posts here.
To keep up to date on what is going on with Catherine, follow her on twitter.
photo by Yeemi Tang, makeup by Charm Torres
Read Catherine's article on CBC Arts, which is a love letter to the community that helped her publish her book, Scarborough.
Scarborough is shortlisted for 2016 Half the World Global Literati Award for full-length fiction
Catherine's first novel. Scarborough is named the 2015 co-winner of the Asian-Canadian Writers' Workshop Emerging Writers Award for fiction.
Catherine is one of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's Thinkers in Residence. Follow her blog posts here.
To keep up to date on what is going on with Catherine, follow her on twitter.
photo by Yeemi Tang, makeup by Charm Torres
press
Catherine Hernandez tours Scarborough with NOW Magazine's Susan G. Cole
12 fun facts about Scarborough author, Catherine Hernandez on Open Book.
An in-depth conversation with 49th Shelf about the process of writing Scarborough.
Catherine Hernandez: There are melodies that deserve to be heard above the riff of the city on Quill and Quire
M is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book featured on CBC news, including Catherine's online reading of her acclaimed children's book.
"M is for Mustache has the potential to be a really powerful teaching tool, but even more than that, it is an important, exciting addition to the world of picture books for those kids who may see reflections of their own families in its pages." Read more.
"The writer read from her first work of fiction, Scarborough , which was given the Emerging Writer Award from the Asian-Canadian Writers’ Workshop" Read more.
"Why was my queer children's book too radical?" Read more.