Little Fish (novel)
{{short description|2018 novel by Casey Plett}}
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| publisher = Arsenal Pulp Press
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| isbn = 9781551527208
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| media_type = Print
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| release_date = May 1, 2018
| genre = Fiction
| name = Little Fish
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| language = English
| country = Canada
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| author = Casey Plett
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| awards = Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction
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Little Fish is a novel by Casey Plett, published May 1, 2018 by Arsenal Pulp Press. Centring transgender characters in Plett's hometown of Winnipeg, the book won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction in 2018.{{Cite web|date=2018-06-05|title=30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/06/lambda-literary-award/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Froemming-Carter|first=Rah|date=2018-06-05|title=2018 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://bookriot.com/2018-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=BOOK RIOT|language=en-US}}
The book's title refers to a line in the song Violet from Hole's album, Live Through This, which the protagonist, Wendy, listens to several times throughout.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
In 2023, film option rights for the book sold to Canadian filmmaker Louise Weard and will be adapted by independent production company Black Mansion Films.{{Cite web |title=Film option to Casey Plett's Little Fish sold to filmmaker Louise Weard |url=https://prairiebooksnow.ca/news/view/film-option-to-casey-pletts-little-fish-sold-to-filmmaker-louise-weard |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=prairiebooksnow.ca |language=en}}
Reception
Booklist
The Globe and Mail named Little Fish one of the best 100 books of the year.{{Cite web|date=2018-12-11|title=Four Arsenal books on the Globe and Mail 100|url=https://arsenalpulp.com/News/2018/Four-Arsenal-books-on-the-Globe-and-Mail-100|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Arsenal Pulp}}
References
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Category:Arsenal Pulp Press books
Category:2018 LGBTQ-related literary works
Category:Novels set in Manitoba
Category:Novels about transgender topics
Category:Novels about prostitution
Category:Novels about Mennonites
Category:LGBTQ and Mennonitism
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