Nova Scotia Book Awards: Joanne Gallant won the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (Non-Fiction) for A Womb in the Shape of a Heart (June 2022).
49th Shelf Books: In their column, ‘Secret Lives of Mothers’, A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is listed as one of nine compelling reads for Mother’s Day (May 2022).
Atlantic Book Awards:A Womb in the Shape of a Heart has been shortlisted for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award in the Non-fiction category (April 2022).
The Miramichi Reader:A Womb In The Shape of A Heart is listed as one of the Best Non-Fiction Books of 2021 by the Miramichi Reader.
Atlantic Books: James Fisher from The Miramichi Reader selects his top ten books from the Atlantic Books’ 2021 Gift Guide and A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is listed as one of James’ personal favourites (November 29, 2021).
Global News Morning Halifax: Alyse Hand talks to Joanne Gallant about her miscarriages and the grief she channeled into the writing of her memoir on Global News Morning TV (November 18, 2021).
Global News: ‘Halifax nurse on the grief of having 5 miscarriages, and the mom she is now.’ Read Aya Al-Hakim’s interview with Joanne Gallant for a feature article published on Global News (November 17, 2021).
CTV Morning Live Atlantic: Katie Kelly interviews Joanne Gallant about her debut book on CTV Morning Live Atlantic (October 18, 2021).
Halifax Today: Read an interview with Joanne Gallant in an article by Steve Gow titled, ‘Author comforting others by recounting her own miscarriages’ (October 11, 2021).
Atlantic Books: The Fall 2021 issue of Atlantic Books delves into books about healing, naming A Womb in the Shape of a Heart as, “perhaps the most highly anticipated” book that touches on the subject (October 2021).
CTV News at Five:A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is featured in the segment, ‘Keeping Up with Katie Kelly’ as she interviews Alex Liot (Atlantic Publisher’s Marketing Association) as he speaks about the latest issue of Atlantic Books Today (October 7, 2021).
Mutha Magazine: Read an excerpt from A Womb in the Shape of a Hear titled, Coming Up For Air, published by Mutha Magazine (September 20, 2021).
Saltwire: The Bookshelf column features A Womb in the Shape of a Heart. (September 19, 2021).
Atlantic Books:A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is listed on their “Staff Picks: 5 Fall Books Dealing with Trauma, Health & Healthcare. (September 15, 2021).
CBC Podcast SickBoy: Joanne revisits SickBoy podcast six years after her first episode to talk about what’s happened since 2016 and the writing of A Womb in the Shape of a Heart. (September 15, 2021).
49th Shelf On Our Radar:A Womb in the Shape of a Heart was listed on 49th Shelf’s list of “Four Books with Lots of Buzz.” (September 8, 2021).
CBC Maritime Noon: Joanne Gallant was interviewed by Bob Murphy about her experiences with infertility and A Womb in the Shape of a Heart. (September 8, 2021).
CBC Books:A Womb in the Shape of a Heart was included on CBC Books’ Fall Book Preview: 57 works of Canadian nonfiction coming out in Fall 2021.
Author Interview: Joanne Gallant was interviewed by The Miramichi Reader (August 2021).
The Miramichi Reader: James Fisher reviewed A Womb in the Shape of a Heart on The Miramichi Reader’s webpage described as, “Canada’s best-regarded source for the finest in new literary releases.”
