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ERIN BRUBACHER is a multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of the poetry collection In the small hours: Thirty-nine months & seven days and co-author of the hybrid, performance-based book 7th Cousins: An Automythography. Her award-winning work in theatre has taken her to contexts including the National Arts Centre (Ottawa), the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto), Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico), Theater der Welt (Germany), and the Edinburgh International Festival (UK). Erin lived in ten cities before returning to Toronto, where she makes a home with her husband and four children.
"""These Songs I Know By Heart is like time spent with a good friend--candid, comforting, and inspiring. Erin Brubacher's spare prose elides the distance between feelings and words, and her sensitive songs are tuned to an artist's pitch."" --Martha Schabas, author of My Face in the Light ""A deeply humane and compassionate compendium of encounter and observation meditating on friendship, motherhood, art making, and home."" --Jordan Tannahill, Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author of The Listeners ""A thoughtful, searching novel about connection and love in all its many forms, from fleeting encounters with strangers to bonds with chosen kin. There is a deep generosity in these reflections on art and friendship, uncertainty and loss, and a beautiful openness to the world. This book left me feeling less alone."" --Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane ""Brubacher's gorgeous new book is a collection of stylish, original and artfully observed sketches of 21st century romance and modern friendship, and her optimism about the tiny beautiful connections we make in life is happy-making. These Songs I Know By Heart is an odd, winsome, and winning piece of writing."" --Hannah Moscovitch, author of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes ""Brubacher's novel shows off the same flair for dramatic intimacy that makes her such a sought-after collaborator in the theatre world. It's brisk, poetic, relatable read.""-The Toronto Star ""A collection of stylish, original and artfully observed sketches of 21st century romance and modern friendship, and her optimism about the tiny beautiful connections we make in life is happy-making."" --Hannah Moscovitch, Governor General's Literary Award-winning author of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes ""A deeply humane and compassionate compendium of encounter and observation meditating on friendship, motherhood, art making, and home."" --Jordan Tannahill, Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author of The Listeners ""A thoughtful, searching novel about connection and love in all its many forms... There is a deep generosity in these reflections on art and friendship, uncertainty and loss, and a beautiful openness to the world."" --Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane"
