Shane Joseph
Biography
Shane Joseph began writing as a teenager living in Sri Lanka and has never stopped. From an early surge of short stories and radio play scripts, to humorous corporate skits, travelogues, case studies and technical papers, then novels, more short stories and essays, he continues to pursue the three pages-a-day maxim and keeps writer’s block at bay.
His career stints include: stage and radio actor, pop musician, encyclopaedia salesman, lathe machine operator, airline executive, travel agency manager, vice president of a global financial services company, software services salesperson, and management consultant.
Self-taught, with four degrees under his belt obtained through distance education, Shane is an avid traveller and has visited one country for every year of his life. He fondly recalls incidents during his travels as real lessons he could never have learned in school: husky driving in Finland with no training, trekking the Inca Trail in Peru through an unending rainstorm, hitch-hiking in Australia without a map, escaping a wild elephant in Zambia, and being stranded without money in Denmark, are some of his memories.
Shane is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers and studied under the mentorship of Giller Prize and Governor General’s Award winning author David Adams Richards. Redemption in Paradise, his first novel, was published in 2004. Fringe Dwellers is his first collection of short stories. His next novel, After the Flood, will be released in November 2009. His short fiction has appeared in Existere magazine, in several Canadian anthologies and in literary magazines in India and Sri Lanka. After immigrating (twice), raising a family, building a career, and experiencing life’s many highs and lows, Shane has carved out a niche in Cobourg, Ontario with his wife Sarah, where he continues to write stories and play his guitar.
Publication History:
Novels and Story Collections:
1) After the Flood, a novel, 2009, ISBN 978 -1-897475-32-4
2) Fringe Dwellers, a collection of stories, 2008, ISBN 978-1-897475-11-9
3) Redemption in Paradise, a novel, 2004, ISBN 978-1-412036-08-5
Novels and Stories
1) “Uphill or Down?” Abandoned Towers, a US literary journal, 2010
2) “The Star” – Gathered Streams, CAA Toronto Anthology, 2010
3) “The Deer Hunt” – Spilled to the Sky, an anthology, 2009
4) “Commentary: Some of My Thoughts” – weekly features in www.northumberlandview.ca an e-zine, 2008 -10
5) “Between Floors” and “Revelations in Chile” – Changing Ways, an anthology, 2008
6) “On Editing” and “The Part-Time Writer” – Stellar Showcase Journal, 2008
7) “Do they Shoot Dogs in Canada?” – Nethra, a literary journal, 2008
8) “Will the Cycle be Unbroken?” – Stumbling Through Darkness, an anthology, 2006
9) “Letting Go” – Tales from the Manchester Arms, an anthology, 2005
10) “The Librarian & the Professor” – Existere, a literary magazine, 2004
Readings
Talk to Me
Shane Joseph invites fellow Spirit of the Hills members to listen in on the Blog Talk Radio Show, “Talk To Me”. The show highlights “Conversations With Creative, Unconventional People” and is hosted by Rita Schiano.
Shane's books include Redemption In Paradise and Fringe Dwellers. Shane and his host will be talking about his latest work in progress, After The Flood, due to be released in November 2009. The recorded audio show is posted here for your convenience.
