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Holley Rubinsky is a fiction writer who lives in British Columbia, Canada. Born in Los Angeles Cailfornia, she came to B.C. in 1976 with her daughter, the artist and children's book writer, Robin Ballard.

The title story of Rubinsky's first book, Rapid Transits and Other Stories (Polestar, 1991), was the winner of the first $10,000 Journey Prize, endowed by James A. Michener, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel "Journey." The story "Rapid Transits" won the Canadian National Magazine Award Gold Medal for fiction and was nominated for the Western Magazines Award. At First I Hope for Rescue (Knopf Canada, 1997; Picador, 1998) was shortlisted for B.C.'s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and was chosen for the Barnes & Noble Booksellers "Discover great new writers program". Beyond This Point was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2006.

From 2006-2008, Rubinsky was host of "The Writers' Show" produced by CJLY-FM, Kootenay Coop Radio, a weekly program about the process of writing and experiences in publishing.^[1]

Bibliography

Rapid Transit and Other Stories. Vancouver: Polestar, 1991.
At First I Hope For Rescue. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1997; New York: Picador, 1998.
Beyond this Point. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2006.

External links

References

^ Van Luven, Lynne. "Holley Rubinsky's The Writer's Show: Broadcasting from the Kootenays, Wordworks: Federation of B.C. Writers Magazine, Winter 2007, pp12-13

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[1] Van Luven, Lynne. "Holley Rubinsky's The Writer's Show: Broadcasting from the Kootenays, Wordworks: Federation of B.C. Writers Magazine, Winter 2007, pp12-13

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-'''Holley Rubinsky''' is a fiction writer who lives in British Columbia, Canada. Born in Los Angeles Cailfornia, she came to B.C. in 1976, with her daughter, the artist and children's book writer, Robin Ballard.
+'''Holley Rubinsky''' is a fiction writer who lives in British Columbia, Canada. Born in Los Angeles Cailfornia, she came to B.C. in 1976 with her daughter, the artist and children's book writer, Robin Ballard.
-The title story of Rubinsky's first book, ''Rapid Transits and Other Stories'' (Polestar, 1991), was the winner of the first $10,000 Journey Prize, endowed by   James A. Michener, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel Journey. The story "Rapid Transits" won the Canadian National Magazine Award Gold Medal for fiction and was nominated for the Western Magazines Award. ''At First I Hope for  Rescue'' (Knopf Canada, 1997; Picador, 1998) was shortlisted for B.C.'s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and was chosen for the Barnes & Noble Booksellers "Discover great new writers program". ''Beyond This Point'' was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2006.
+The title story of Rubinsky's first book, ''Rapid Transits and Other Stories'' (Polestar, 1991), was the winner of the first $10,000 Journey Prize, endowed by   James A. Michener, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel "Journey." The story "Rapid Transits" won the Canadian National Magazine Award Gold Medal for fiction and was nominated for the Western Magazines Award. ''At First I Hope for  Rescue'' (Knopf Canada, 1997; Picador, 1998) was shortlisted for B.C.'s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and was chosen for the Barnes & Noble Booksellers "Discover great new writers program". ''Beyond This Point'' was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2006.
 From 2006-2008, Rubinsky was host of "The Writers' Show" produced by CJLY-FM, Kootenay Coop Radio, a weekly program about the process of writing and experiences in publishing.<ref>Van Luven, Lynne. "Holley Rubinsky's The Writer's Show: Broadcasting from the Kootenays, Wordworks: Federation of B.C. Writers Magazine, Winter 2007, pp12-13</ref>