RECENT Publication News:
WestWord Magazine (January 2024): Barb’s article “The Novella” explores the current state of the genre.
Blindman Brewing: (December 2023) Barb’s micro-story “Game Day” is on select cans of Blindman’s Coffee Stout.
NorthWord: A Literary Journal of Canada’s North (fall 2023): Barb’s short story “Life Cycle of a Fly” appears in this humour-themed issue from the Wood Buffalo region.
Reimagining Fire — The Future of Energy (Spring 2023): in this anthology 19 Alberta writers pair with 19 Alberta artists and Canada’s Energy Futures Lab to explore the hurdles and possible future scenarios of energy transition. Barb’s contribution, the short story “Dear Alfah” is set in the near future and told via letters from an aunt, still resisting the changes, to her niece, who is still campaigning for change. The story was created in conjunction with digital artwork by Calgary artist Nadia Perna.
Novella, Fall 2021
University of Calgary Press
Short Stories. 2012
(NeWest Press)
Novella. 2009
(Recliner Books)
YA Novel. 2010
(Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Novel. 2001
(NeWest Press)
EmbedDed on the Home Front: WHERE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LIVES CONVERGE
Co-edited by Barb Howard and Joan Dixon, this anthology of essays by 14 Canadian writers explores life on Canada’s military home front. It was the winner of a 2013 CBC Bookie Award and was chosen as a 2013/14 BC Book for BC Schools.
Anthology. 2012
(Heritage House)