Sydney Hegele
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Sydney Hegele (formerly known as Sydney Warner Brooman) is a Canadian writer.James M. Fisher, [https://miramichireader.ca/2021/10/the-sydney-warner-brooman-interview/ "The Sydney Warner Brooman Interview"]. The Miramichi Reader, October 25, 2021.
Early life and education
Originally from Grimsby, Ontario, Hegele attended the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and is currently based in Toronto. They identify as queer and use gender-neutral pronouns.
Writing career
Hegele's debut short story collection, The Pump, was published in 2021.Steven W. Beattie, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2021/09/02/small-town-ontario-has-a-new-chronicler-in-debut-author-sydney-warner-broomans-new-book-the-pump.html "Small-town Ontario has a new chronicler in debut author Sydney Warner Brooman’s new book ‘The Pump’"]. Toronto Star, September 2, 2021.
The Pump, a volume of interrelated short stories about outsiders living in a small town in Southern Ontario, was compared to the Southern Ontario Gothic style of writers such as Alice Munro. The book was the winner of the 2022 ReLit Award for short fiction,{{cite news |title=Toronto author Sydney Hegele wins 2022 ReLit Award for short fiction collection The Pump |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/toronto-author-sydney-hegele-wins-2022-relit-award-for-short-fiction-collection-the-pump-1.6451491 |access-date=31 July 2023 |work=CBC Books |date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118000502/https://www.cbc.ca/books/toronto-author-sydney-hegele-wins-2022-relit-award-for-short-fiction-collection-the-pump-1.6451491 |archive-date=Nov 18, 2022 |language=en}} and was shortlisted for the 2022 Trillium Book Awards for English fiction.{{cite news |first=Sadaf |last=Ahsan |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/05/10/gothic-stories-genre-defying-memoirs-among-trillium-book-award-finalists.html |url-status=live |date=May 10, 2022 |archive-date=2023-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729081305/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/gothic-stories-genre-defying-memoirs-among-trillium-book-award-finalists/article_7af1c53a-814a-584c-9bfa-ff76272ace09.html |language=en |access-date=29 July 2023 |title=Gothic stories, genre-defying memoirs among Trillium Book Award finalists |website=Toronto Star}}
The book was also selected by CBC Books in 2022 as part of a Pride Month reading list of books by LGBTQ Canadian writers.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/26-canadian-books-to-read-for-pride-month-1.6479109 "26 Canadian books to read for Pride Month"]. CBC Books, June 7, 2022.
Hegele's debut novel Bird Suit was published by Invisible Publishing in May 2024. Their essay collection Bad Kids, edited by author Alicia Elliott, is forthcoming in 2026.
Selected works
= Essays =
- "The Great Iconoclast", EVENT Magazine, 2023{{cite magazine |url=https://www.eventmagazine.ca/product/event-51-3/ |magazine=Event Magazine |language=en |access-date=2 August 2023 |title=Notes on Writing Issue |volume=51 |issue=3 |url-access=limited}}
- "Reading Stephen King’s ‘It’ As a Child Confused My Sense of Justice", Catapult Magazine, November 2022{{cite magazine |title=Reading Stephen King's 'It' As a Child Confused My Sense of Justice |url=https://catapult.co/stories/sydney-hegele-stephen-king-it-pennywise-kleptomania-dissociative-identity-disorder |magazine=Catapult Magazine |access-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717143308/https://catapult.co/stories/sydney-hegele-stephen-king-it-pennywise-kleptomania-dissociative-identity-disorder |archive-date=Jul 17, 2023 |language=en |date=17 October 2022 |url-status=live}}''
- "I Can’t Separate My Writing and My Diagnosis, So I Use Them to Help One Another", Electric Literature, August 2022{{cite magazine |url=https://electricliterature.com/dissociative-identity-disorder-writing-craft-sydney-hegele/ |magazine=Electric Literature |url-status=live |archive-date=Jul 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724062641/https://electricliterature.com/dissociative-identity-disorder-writing-craft-sydney-hegele/ |language=en |access-date=5 August 2023 |title=I Can't Separate My Writing and My Diagnosis, So I Use Them to Help One Another |date=Aug 4, 2022}}
- "I Thought I’d Never Find Love After My Dissociative Identity Disorder Diagnosis", Catapult Magazine, July 2022{{cite magazine |url=https://catapult.co/stories/sydney-hegele-finding-love-dissociative-identity-disorder-diagnosis-mental-health |magazine=Catapult Magazine |url-status=live |archive-date=Jul 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717143309/https://catapult.co/stories/sydney-hegele-finding-love-dissociative-identity-disorder-diagnosis-mental-health |language=en |access-date=5 August 2023 |title=I Thought I'd Never Find Love After My Dissociative Identity Disorder Diagnosis |date=Jul 19, 2022}}
= Short stories =
- "Dirt Mouth", Room Magazine, July 2023{{cite magazine |url=https://roommagazine.co/shop/ley-line/ |magazine=Room Magazine |url-status=live |archive-date=Jul 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717143307/https://roommagazine.com/shop/ley-line/ |language=en |access-date=4 August 2023 |title=Ley Line}}
- "Mal Aux Dents (Or Toothache)", American Chordata, 2020{{cite magazine |url-status=live |title=American Chordata |magazine=Stack magazines |url=https://www.stackmagazines.com/product/american-chordata-issue-10/ |access-date=3 August 2023 |issue=10 |date=Fall 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717143310/https://www.stackmagazines.com/product/american-chordata-issue-10/ |archive-date=Jul 17, 2023 |language=en}}{{Full citation needed |date=August 2023}}
= Poetry =
- The Last Thing I Will See Before I Die, 845 Press, 2022{{cite web |last1=Parker |first1=Fawn |author-link1=Fawn Parker |last2=Berkel |first2=Jenny |title=The Last Thing I Will See Before I Die |url=https://www.thetemzreview.com/2022-chapbooks.html |website=www.thetemzreview.com |access-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717143306/https://www.thetemzreview.com/2022-chapbooks.html |archive-date=Jul 17, 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}
Awards
References
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Category:Canadian non-binary writers
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Category:People from Grimsby, Ontario
Category:University of Western Ontario alumni
Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
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Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:Novelists from Ontario
Category:Canadian LGBTQ novelists
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