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Paul Zann

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Paul Zann

Brief Biography

Paul is a versatile author - adult novel: A Real Son of a 'Vitch; children's books: The Aussie Six in Canada, The Aussie Six in Australia, The Aussie Six in Spain, and The Weirdest Class; satirical essays: You've Gotta be Kidding!; plays: Strike! and The Parasites; poetry book: Crouching at the Keyhole; numerous poems and stories in Canadian, U.S., Australian, and Spanish journals.

Selected List of Publications
  • The Aussie Six in Spain. Rainbow Press, Truro. 2008. Illustrated by Bruce John Wood.
  • Crouching at the Keyhole. Borealis Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-88887-331-6.
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  • The Aussie Six in Australia. Borealis Press, 2004. ISBN 0-88887-223-2.
  • The Aussie Six in Canada. Ottawa's Borealis Press, 2003. ISBN 0-99997-228-3. Children's novel in which Australian animals visit Canada.
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  • A Real Son of a 'Vitch'. St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-920021-73-5.
  • Nominated for the Leacock Award for Humour
  • "Many genuinely funny moments [...] light reading at its best," - Newfoundland Herald.
  • The Weirdest Class. Illustrated by Jenni Lunn Blackmore. Bedford, Pegasus Press, 1988. ISBN 0-9692552-1-7.
  • You've Gotta Be Kidding! Peterborough, Clock House Press, 1975.
  • Nominated for the Leacock Award for Humour.
  • The Parasites. Winnipeg, Manitoba, International Readers' Theatre; staged-workshop production by Lace Productions (New York).
  • Strike! Printed by Nova Scotia Dramatists' Co-op. Produced by Cobequid Theatre in Truro.
Poetry

Zann's poetry has been featured in the following publications: Poetry Canada Review (Ont.); GRAIN (Sask.); The Antigonish Review (N.S.); The Pottersfield Portfolio (N.S.); Alberta Poetry Yearbook '87; Spokes (B.C.); Poetic Hours (U.K.); Implosion (Ont.); Skylight: A Maritime Anthology (N.S.); The Summerfield Journal (U.S.); Skylark (Quebec); Thema Literary Journal (U.S.); The Moonaboola Quill (Australia); Ecphore Anthology (N.S.); Time and Tide (N.S.); BSPS Journal (U.S.); ARR Literary Journal (N.S.); Art Gallery 1889 (N.S.) : 18 framed poems hung in show with complementary paintings; 'Spanish in the Harbour' (Newfoundland): poem on cassette cover of guitar solos; Tucumcari Literary Review (U.S.); The Montana Poet (U.S.); Town Crier (Spain); Market Place (Spain); Poets Against War (InterNet).

Short Stories

Zann's short stories have been featured in the following publications: The Atlantic Advocate (N.B.); The Antigonish Review (N.S.); Saltscapes (N.S.); The Latest Morningside Papers (Ont.); Moonaboola Quill (Australia); Affairs With Old Houses (N.S.); Costa del Sol News (Spain); SUR In English (Spain); The Market Place (Spain)

Awards
Canadian Authors' Association National Competition - "Sonnet for a City Night"
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Annual Literary Awards - short stories, poetry
Poem, Best-in-Issue, Thema Literary Journal (U.S.)