Twenty Miles

Cara Hedley's Twenty Miles has been shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, one of the Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards. The story of Iz and her experiences with the Winnipeg University Scarlets womens' hockey team wowed the shortlist judges. Congratulations, Cara!<!--newline--><!--newline-->The Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction is presented to the Manitoba writer whose book is judged the best book of adult fiction written in English and published in the previous year.

From the University of Alberta Express News<!--newline-->"http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=8985<!--newline--><!--newline-->She shoots – she scores!<!--newline-->by Michael Brown<!--newline--><!--newline--><!--newline-->January 9, 2008 - Edmonton - For lack of a better measuring stick, the final period of a hockey game is officially counted down over minutes and seconds, but the fact of the matter is that final frame is simply an uphill battle viewed as a distance that needs to be covered; whoever cove

This past weekend, the Globe and Mail listed book recommendations from thirty-five notable figures. Dave Bidini noted that 'Cold-Cocked by Lorna Jackson and Twenty Miles by Cara Hedley were two of the year's most adventurous works -- long overdue perspectives on women's relationship with the game -- with prose from the gut, and the game painted naked.'

Twenty Miles author Cara Hedley recently spoke with Winnipeg's Uptown about her novel and how her time with the University of Manitoba women's hockey team influenced her writing:<!--newline--><!--newline-->They say you should write what you know.

Online journal, The Danforth Review, recently interviewed Cara Hedley, author of the new novel, Twenty Miles, and interviewer Nathaniel G. Moore has produced an epic and entertaining piece of writing. <!--newline--><!--newline-->Some highlights:<!--newline--><!--newline-->I ask Hedley if she ever got into fights on the ice, or in general. “Most of my fights have been with writers. I dare you, poets: challenge me to an arm wrestle. I. Will. Kill.