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Danila Botha interviewed by Leah Eichler of Esoterica Magazine about Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness.
Danila Botha reads at Junction Reads with Michael Mirolla and Dave Hurlow
Danila Botha interviewed about Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness on Culturally Jewish Podcast
Interview about Too Much on the Inside with Mayank Bhatt (author of Belief) for Living Multiculturalism on Tag TV
 

 

NEWS AND INTERVIEWS WITH DANILA BOTHA 

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THINGS THAT CAUSE INAPPROPRIATE HAPPINESS

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https://thecanadianbookclubawards.ca/2024-finalists-press-release/

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https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-danila-botha-interview-2024

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https://indiereader.com/book_review/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://www.publicationcoach.com/danila-botha/

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Interview with Valentino Assenza of Howl FM ​

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https://greatlakesreview.org/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/08/22/8-Books-to-Reach-for-This-Summer

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/08/08/Short-Stories-for-Summer-Reading

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https://theseaboardreview.substack.com/p/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness

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https://www.radiosefarad.com/danila-botha-award-winning-canadian-writer/​

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https://www.writerstrust.com/recommended-reading/

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https://www.rejectedcentral.com/podcast/episode/675e51a7/inappropriately-happy-listener-rejection-stories-part-four-or-episode-22?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3tWmUxxgOj_C9V9lThePXJbGvUH0OnNYD9i8O54rCbIwyncTM10kw24p4_aem_AQD-aFBZF5QrWSRU90OlqN4yscKJpK1Pla2QUAlUmnWr7vLfdqZsEcf9C82X-PlmNB6AXoysKX6ttfLaNpFr4GxQ

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https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2wDEe1inTzU_Kkg-1Y3DdUEj-ui8DOFbjZbHOfiPem1sZ6peCDBrcI6Oc_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

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https://reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-46

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Interview with Steven W. Beattie

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https://www.shakespeareanrag.com/short-story-month-2024-danlia-bothas-third-collection-mines-persistent-subjects-and-charts-new-ground/

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https://alllitup.ca/the-short-of-it-danila-botha-things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness

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TSNTYAW Interview with Danila Botha

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https://theshitaboutwriting.substack.com/p/danila-botha-and-nicola-solvinic

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https://www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2024/05/13/what-to-read-for-short-story-month

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https://www.jamietennant.ca/index.php/2024/05/02/e389-with-danila-botha/

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https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/spring-preview-20-books-to-put-at-the-top-of-your-reading-list/article_a5a174f8-f29a-11ee-99f9-4fb9505c957d.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3IE2eRttyxBB8XYrmr6TP5uPfcyvMj-2RI6jVfLo_y9u2t1NOId3dRmtQ_aem_AdUQEdSD5SX9di5bq-7ocBlbjhqt7TdmnLRkUY3huwh9VYOP6qdDq-X4AxZp_KE_wpSf1J8x-gXtN-qXImnuNDwp

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https://open-book.ca/News/Danila-Botha-s-New-Short-Story-Collection-Makes-Us-Laugh-Cry-and-Feel-Less-Alone

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https://palimpsestpress.ca/2024/07/wallace-botha-launch-a-fine-fine-event/

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https://scoutmagazine.ca/on-misanthropy-mental-illness-and-marpole-with-local-author-carleigh-baker/

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https://quillandquire.com/omni/writers-union-announces-2023-danuta-gleed-literary-award-shortlist/

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https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2024/04/13/vulnerable-women-at-core-of-rapid-fire-stories

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​https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/danila-bothas-new-book-of-short-fiction-wants-to-break-the-mold-of-jewish-orthodoxy/

https://esotericamagazine.substack.com/p/writers-life-interview-with-danila?fbclid=IwAR0E8YBRYG1ilC8SIWbIJVc6JvBdGPz3ojdN_NPir695nTzoNQ5Mte7V6wE

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Artisanal Writer Interview

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https://www.booklymatters.com/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/toronto-lit-up-things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness/

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/01/25/Most-Anticipated-Our-2024-Spring-Fiction-Preview

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https://www.susansanfordblades.com/girls-to-the-front-feb-2024-danila-botha

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https://miramichireader.ca/2024/01/things-that-cause-inappropriate-happiness-by-danila-botha/?fbclid=IwAR37aQ6kpeIBFm1mcc-3SYEFMQGlEuZhDCBY12MZb8SIoVSKS_sViai8z7E

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https://miramichireader.ca/2024/01/why-i-wrote-this-book-issue-22/?fbclid=IwAR0oL7DwFhhZuc8T0-ZIjEkR5-o0VYzrjPlBwgB-D1UTHGU942s5DU7QW_4

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​https://readherlikeanopenbook.com/2024/06/27/15-authors-share-their-summer-reading-plans-pt-2-of-2/

https://anitakushwaha.com/2023/12/08/author-chat-with-danila-botha/

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https://www.blankspaces.ca/news/our-nominations-for-the-2024-pushcart-prize

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https://www.press53.com/flash-fiction-contest

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2023/05/30/28-Short-Story-Collections-I-Can-t-Recommend-Enough?fbclid=IwAR07GWjG9MpkASHf4TMr__pGsouWblz_e5i63jrrSweYRNxXOlyj8iDRcSs

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https://festivalofauthors.ca/2023/04/13/tifa-announces-new-season-of-local-author-spotlights-with-toronto-lit-up/

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Open Book: Painting and Writing the title story, Things that Cause Inppropriate Happiness 

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https://open-book.ca/Columnists/Painting-a-Story-Danila-Botha-on-Writing-and-Painting

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OTHER NEWS:

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https://www.writersunion.ca/Danila-Bothas-Too-Much-on-the-Inside-optioned-by-Pelee-Entertainment?fbclid=IwAR0sB9vz9_uqFoPsEkNoXHBJ-u3V0iZOvAk_Z44Wvyh7NC4ShcT5rPAgu9s

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https://cwrc.ca/canadian-jewish-women-writers/authors/botha-danila

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https://theauthorsbookclub.ca/about-danila-botha/

 

https://open-book.ca/News/How-The-Guernica-Prize-Became-One-of-CanLit-s-Most-Unique-Literary-Awards

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https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2021/12/elee-kraljii-gardiner-interview-with.html

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https://www.heliconianclub.org/past-artists-in-residence.html

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https://festivalofauthors.ca/regular-event/toronto-lit-up-changing-the-face-of-canadian-literature/

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https://www.thesoapboxpress.com/from-pen-to-published

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https://www.cbc.ca/books/why-rebecca-rosenblum-reads-fiction-1.4073738

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https://koffler.digital/danila-botha-somewhere/

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CBC Books, ReLit Short list announcement 

http://www.cbc.ca/books/zoe-whittall-jordan-abel-among-writers-shortlisted-for-relit-awards-1.4611186

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National Post, Vine Awards 

http://nationalpost.com/entertainment/vine-awards-drawing-mainstream-attention-to-canadian-jewish-literature

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Quill & Quire, Vine Awards Finalists announcement

http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2017/08/17/danila-botha-matti-friedman-among-2017-vine-awards-finalists/

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Open Book: Vine Awards for Jewish Literature Short lists 

http://open-book.ca/News/The-Vine-Awards-for-Jewish-Literature-Shortlists-Announced-feat.-Botha-Behrens-More

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Quill & Quire, Trillium Award Finalists News 

http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2017/05/09/andre-alexis-kamal-al-solaylee-and-danila-botha-among-finalists-for-30th-trillium-book-award/

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Toronto Star, Trillium Finalists Announcement 

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/05/09/trillium-book-award-shortlist-includes-andre-alexis-kamal-al-solaylee.html

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Globe and Mail, Trillium Finalists Announcement 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/trillium-book-award-finalists-announced/article34929525/

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All Lit Up, ReLit Shortlist 

https://alllitup.ca/Lists/ReLit-Award-Nominees-2016

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Interview with Open Book Toronto & Ontario: On Writing 

https://open-book.ca/Writer-in-Residence/Archives/Danila-Botha/On-Writing-with-Danila-Botha

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Interview with All Lit Up: on Inspiration and Writer's Block 

https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2016/Women-s-Writer-s-Block-Danila-Botha

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Interview with Daniel Perry of Brockton Writer's Series 

https://brocktonwritersseries.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/bws-11-01-17-danila-botha/

 

Interview with the Toronto Star, Music to Write By 

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2016/03/12/music-to-write-by-authors-name-their-playlists.html

 

https://49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/2015-37/City-Books-and-Too-Much-on-the-Inside-a-list-by-Danila-Botha

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2016/12/152/The-Recommend-December-2016

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https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2016/05/13/Books-to-Inspire-Writers-in-the-Thick-of-It

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https://49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/2017-50/What-to-read-after-Cat-Person

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Interview with Metro News Canada 

http://quattrobooks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Metro_DB_Too-Much1.jpg

 

Interview with Open Book Toronto, For All the Men... playlist 

https://open-book.ca/Writer-in-Residence/Archives/Danila-Botha/For-All-the-Men-A-Playlist

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https://alllitup.ca/Blog/Where-in-Canada/2015/Where-in-Canada-Danila-Botha-s-Queen-West

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Interview with the Chronicle Herald, Halifax

http://thechronicleherald.ca/books/1305438-too-much-on-the-inside-botha%E2%80%99s-book-born-on-public-transit

 

Interview with the Times and Transcript, New Brunswick 

http://quattrobooks.ca/the-times-and-transcript-reviews-too-much-on-the-inside/

 

Interview with author Alix Hawley

http://www.alixhawley.com/blog/storybrain-eight-questions-for-danila-botha

 

Interview with The Miramichi Reader

http://miramichireader.ca/2015/07/the-danila-botha-interview/

 

Interview with the Literary Lollipop

https://theliterarylollipop.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/too-much-on-the-inside-in-conversation-with-danila-botha/

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Danila Botha speaks about Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness at Ben McNally Books

Interview with the OMDC about For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known for the Trillium Book Award 

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Danila Botha reading from For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known at the Trillium Book Award Readings 

Interview with Michael Mirolla, author and my publisher from Guernica Editions. We talked about writing, the anthology I contributed to and more, in a virtual interview during the pandemic in 2020 

 FOR ALL THE MEN (AND SOME OF THE WOMEN) I'VE KNOWN 

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Quill and Quire 

http://www.quillandquire.com/review/for-all-the-men-and-some-of-the-women-ive-known/

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The Toronto Star 

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2016/10/16/love-in-a-time-of-tinder.html

 

Atlantic Books Today 

http://atlanticbookstoday.ca/for-all-the-men-and-some-of-the-women-ive-known-your-companion-on-loves-gravel-road/

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The Globe and Mail 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-short-story-collections-from-clea-young-and-danila-botha/article33455603/

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The Winnipeg Review 

http://winnipegreview.com/2017/01/for-all-the-men-and-some-of-the-women-ive-known-by-danila-botha/

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BookClubbish.com 

http://www.bookclubbish.com/new-short-story-collections-for-the-shorter-autumn-days/?hootPostID=28a0512946f36920c5fd5d1b30fd4423

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The Miramichi Reader 

http://miramichireader.ca/2016/09/men-women-ive-known-danila-botha/

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The Literary Lollipop 

https://theliterarylollipop.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/he-loves-me-with-all-his-heart-i-know-because-he-tells-me-every-day/

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 TOO MUCH ON THE INSIDE : 

 

Quill and Quire

http://www.quillandquire.com/review/too-much-on-the-inside/

 

The Literary Review of Canada

http://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2015/06/new-neighbours/

 

Book Clubbish

http://www.bookclubbish.com/celebrate-canada-day-with-these-debut-novels/

 

Broken Pencil Magazine

http://www.brokenpencil.com/news/book-review-too-much-on-the-inside

 

The Ottawa Review of Books

http://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/#!Too-Much-On-The-Inside-by-Danila-Botha/cu6k/560c98a80cf2f0ed7a2a3176

 

Farzana Doctor's Review 

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1480554838?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

 

Carole Giangrande’s Review

https://carolesbooktalk.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/three-books-in-three-days-1-danila-bothas-too-much-on-the-inside/

 

The Book Shelf, Guelph

http://bookshelfreaderreviews.blogspot.ca/2015/07/review-too-much-on-inside.html

 

Skinny Dip

http://skinnydip.ca/too-much-on-the-inside-other-truths

 

Giver on the River, New Brunswick

http://www.giverontheriver.com/2015/08/book-review-too-much-on-the-inside-by-danila-botha/

 

The Literary Lollipop 

https://theliterarylollipop.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/too-much-on-the-inside-by-danila-botha/

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GOT NO SECRETS

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Jim Bartley, Globe and Mail Review 

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Chronicle Herald interview

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Broken Pencil review

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https://www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/got-no-secrets-1729179

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https://asitoughttobe.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/small-press-review-series-on-style-or-the-natural-lack-thereof-as-its-own-kind-of-style-in-danila-botha%e2%80%99s-got-no-secrets/

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https://nationalpost.com/afterword/down-east-theyre-uniquely-hard-to-discourage

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https://nationalpost.com/tag/danila-botha/

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https://www.shedoesthecity.com/three_authors_read_hear_lisa_di_nikolits_danila_botha_and_liz_worth_at_the_annette_st_library_in_the/

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https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/programming/2011/09/culture-days-blog-template.html

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https://shortpresents.com/2010/12/danila-brotha.html/

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https://theindependent.ca/news/arts/god-help-thee-a-night-out-in-toronto/

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http://www.heroicfantasywriters.com/2010/07/words-with-danila-botha-author-of-got.html

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https://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/FEMECalireEN.html

 

http://whatarewritersreading.blogspot.com/2011/05/

 

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