Leanne Dunic
Script error: No such module "Draft topics".
Script error: No such module "AfC topic".
Leanne Dunic | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 29, 1982 Vancouver Island, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer, Musician, Editor, and Teacher |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Website | |
| www | |
Download books of Leanne Dunic or buy them on amazon
Leanne Dunic (born November 29, 1982, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada) is an author, musician, artist, and teacher based in Vancouver.
She fronts the band The Deep Cove.[1]
Early Life[edit]
Dunic was born and raised on Vancouver Island. Leanne's mother is of Chinese ancestry and and her father's ancestry is Croatian.[2]
Career[edit]
Before Dunic became a professional writer and musician, she owned two different a clothing stores in Vancouver, called Tenth & Proper and Miss Coquette.[3][4] She also previously worked as a model in Singapore[5]. Dunic got involved in the music industry when she was just 15 and started a music management company at 18.[6]
Dunic has worked as a music manager, musician, teacher, author, poet, mentor, and editor over the course of her multi-disciplinary artistic career. From 2016 to 2019 she was the Artistic Director of Powell Street Festival.[7]
Dunic has worked internationally.[8]
Music[edit]
The Deep Cove was formed in 2013 by Dunic (vocals and guitar), Ryan Ogg (guitar), Shane Wilson (drums), Brian Minato (bass and vocals).[1] In 2020, The Deep Cove released a music video for the song Pills from the album The Gift. Japanese artist and animator Ryo Inoue worked on the project with the band.[9][10]
In 2018, Dunic sang alongside Erik Severinson in Hard Rubber Orchestra's tribute to King Crimson. Leanne Dunic is a "die-hard Crimsonista"[11][12]. King Crimson is referenced in her book To Love the Coming End.[11]
Writing[edit]
Dunic is the winner of the 2015 Alice Munro Short Story prize.[8] That same year, she was shortlisted for the Asian-Canadian Emerging Writer Award. Her work has been published in numerous Canadian and international magazines and publications.[13]
Dunic has published three books: To Love the Coming End (Book*hug and Chin Music Press, 2017) and The Gift (Book*hug, 2019), One and Half of You (Talonbooks, 2021) all of which were trans-media projects with musical components.[14]
Her first book To Love the Coming End is a lyric travelogue that "maps transpacific space" through narratives taking place in Japan, Singapore, and Vancouver, three places the author has lived.[15][16][17] Dunic studied creative writing at University of British Columbia where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in 2020. For her thesis, she submitted the album and her second book: The Gift.[18][19] Dunic's third book One and a Half of You is a lyric memoir chronicling her childhood in rural Vancouver Island, with references to Vancouver, specifically Vancouver's Chinatown.[20][21]
Dunic is the fiction editor at Tahoma Literary Review.[8]
Leanne Dunic is the fiction mentor at Simon Fraser University's The Writer’s Studio. She also teaches creative writing at and University of British Columbia.[22]
Personal Life[edit]
Dunic identifies as bisexual.[8] She has a husband.[23][6]
Bibliography[edit]
- To Love the Coming End. Toronto: Book*hug, Seattle: Chin Music Press, 2017. ISBN 9781771662826 Search this book on
. - The Gift. Toronto: Book*hug, 2019. ISBN 9781771665681 Search this book on .
- One and Half of You, Vancouver" Talonbooks, 2021. ISBN 9781772012866 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brit, Bachmann (October 30, 2017). "The Deep Cove Exclusive Album Stream". CiTR. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Leanne Dunic – Asian Heritage in Canada". Toronto Metropolitan University Library. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ Noel, Alyssa (Jun 6, 2018). "Leanne Dunic performs, teaches at Writers Adventure Camp". Pique Newsmagazine. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ Murrills, Angela (2007-03-14). "Classic gets a Proper launch on West 10th". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Leanne Dunic". www.modelmayhem.com. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The Dirty Dozen, with Leanne Dunic". open-book.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ Olsen, Emily (2017-09-05). "Q&A with Leanne Dunic". Victoria Festival of Authors. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Leanne Dunic - Continuing Studies - Simon Fraser University". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Deep Cove Pills music video Snipe News". The Snipe News. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Leanne Dunic felt doubly connected to the 2018 book Vanishing Twins by Leah Dieterich". CBCradio. Oct 17, 2020.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Varty, Alexander (2018-11-14). "Hard Rubber Orchestra pays tribute to pioneering prog-rock band King Crimson". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Interview: Leanne Dunic". SAD Mag. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ Up, All Lit. "Poets Resist: Leanne Dunic". alllitup.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "A Blaze". The Indianapolis Review. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ O’Brien, Michelle (2019-04-01). "Transpacific Resonances and Affiliations in Leanne Dunic's to Love the Coming End and Ruth Ozeki's the Tale for the Time Being". New Global Studies. 13 (1): 35–59. doi:10.1515/ngs-2019-0006. ISSN 1940-0004.
- ↑ McDonald, Marsha (2019-06-25). "[Review] Remains Of: Leanne Dunic's To Love the Coming End". Cha Journal. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "To Love the Coming End – Leanne Dunic". Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Leanne Dunic: The Gift". University of British Columbia Creative Writing. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ Noel, Alyssa (Jun 6, 2018). "Leanne Dunic performs, teaches at Writers Adventure Camp". The Pique News Magazine. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ↑ "On One and Half of You by Leanne Dunic • The Capilano Review". The Capilano Review. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ Dunic, Leanne (2021). One and Half of You. Talon Books. ISBN 9781772012866. Search this book on
- ↑ "Captcha | Turing Test 1.0". www.coursicle.com. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Why Do You Kiss Everyone – Plenitude Magazine". plenitudemagazine.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
This article "Leanne Dunic" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Leanne Dunic. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
