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About Amy
Amy Spurway was born and raised on Cape Breton Island, where, at the age of eleven, she landed her first writing and performing gigs with CBC Radio.
Amy holds a B.A. in English from the University of New Brunswick, and a degree in Radio & Television Arts (writing concentration) from Ryerson University. She has worked as a freelance writer, communications consultant, editor, and performer. Her work has appeared in Today's Parent, the Toronto Star, Babble, and Elephant Journal, as well as in the realms of advertising, marketing, non-profit and corporate communications, education, health, and politics.
Amy lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with her husband Matthew, and their three daughters.
About CROW
When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three highly unpredictable — and inoperable — brain tumours, she abandons the crumbling glamour of her life in Toronto for her mother Effie's scruffy trailer in rural Cape Breton. Back home, she's known as Crow, and everybody suspects that her family is cursed.
With her future all but sealed, Crow decides to go down in a blaze of unforgettable glory by writing a memoir that will raise eyebrows and drop jaws. She'll dig up "the dirt" on her family tree, including the supposed curse, and uncover the truth about her mysterious father, who disappeared a month before she was born.
But first, Crow must contend with an eclectic assortment of characters, including her gossipy Aunt Peggy, hedonistic party-pal Char, homebound best friend Allie, and high-school flame Willy. She'll also have to figure out how to live with her mother and how to muddle through the unsettling visual disturbances that are becoming more and more vivid each day.
Witty, energetic, and crackling with sharp Cape Breton humour, Crow is a story of big twists, big personalities, big drama, and even bigger heart.
Praise & Press
"This darkly funny novel’s language is outrageous and irreverent. It spits and crackles like a barn on fire...Spurway’s writing has the deftness of someone juggling hot coals without getting burned."
An Eye-Popping Debut - Cecily Ross in The Literary Review of Canada
Next Event
Upcoming Events
Fri., Nov. 08Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, Bear Head
Sun., Nov. 03Brigantine Room, Harbourfront CentreNov. 03, 2019, 12:00 p.m. ESTBrigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5J 2G8, CanadaBina Meets Crow! Reading & Conversation: Anakana Schofield and Amy Spurway November 3 2019 - 12:00 PM Authors Anakana Schofield and Amy Spurway will be interviewed by Susan G. Cole about their new novels: Bina: A Novel in Warnings and Crow.
Tue., Oct. 29Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront CentreOct. 29, 2019, 9:00 p.m. EDTLakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5J 2G8, CanadaGoose Lane Editions 65th Anniversary October 29 2019 - 9:00 PM Join us in celebrating Canada’s oldest independent publisher, Goose Lane Editions! They’re turning sixty-five years old. Amy Spurway will be reading, along with a host of other great Goose Lane authors.
Sun., Jul. 14The Inside Story
Sat., Jul. 13Coles- Fri., Jul. 12Mad Hatter Books
- Thu., Jul. 11Box Of Delights Book Shop
Wed., Jul. 03Herring Choker Deli- Thu., Jun. 27Lane's Privateer Inn & Restaurant
- Wed., Jun. 26LaHave River Bookstore
