Susan Swan
susan-swan.bsky.social
Susan Swan
@susan-swan.bsky.social
Bluesky convert. Author, journalist, co-founder of Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. New book: Big Girls Don’t Cry: A Memoir about Taking Up Space published in Canada and the US May 2025 My website: http://www.susanswanonline.com
“I think people want to be seen more… having a voice and being heard.” I wrote this memoir to understand how size had shaped my life.
June 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
To be big is a no-no for women… but we’re taking up space regardless. Get my new memoir Big Girl Don’t Cry anywhere you get books to learn how I overcame that shame and to take up my space. @oprah-winfrey.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
For more information, visit www.susanswanonline.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Big Girls Don’t Cry, A Memoir about Taking Up Space, will be in the stores May 27 in both Canada and the US.

Join us May 27 at the Tranzac Club at 6:30pm to celebrate the release party with an exclusive Q&A about the memoir hosted by author Sheila Heiti.
May 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s a thrill to see this write-up in CBC books about my memoir, Big Girls Don’t Cry, coming out this May with Harper Collins Canada & Beacon Press in the US. I can’t wait to share it with you. You can pre-order it at www.harpercollins.com/products/big... and at www.beacon.org/Big-Girls-Do...
March 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM