"With compassion and sparkling wit, these stories deftly explore the unexpected confluence of loss and desire. Everard has a painter's eye for landscapes - both foreign and familiar - and a storyteller's skill in communicating how the natural world shapes our humanity. Read them slowly, and savour them.”

Carleigh Baker, author of Bad Endings, winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award

“Each of the stories in Blue Runaways is a gorgeous slice of time and place, filled with characters who struggle with connection and disconnection, passion and compassion, love and its absence. Jann Everard writes with an eye for detail and with lots of heart. Her bang-on observations, delivered with empathy, make these stories a delight. “

Lori Hahnel, author of Vermin: Stories and Flicker

“Jann Everard’s stories travel the world: from Iceland to Bali; from the grasslands of the Canadian prairies to Italy; and more. As skilled as she is at evoking these disparate places, she is equally skilled at travelling the inner human landscape. I have ridden right along with Jann’s heroines as they grapple with life’s big questions and emotions, and have come away feeling enriched. I loved these stories.”

Lynn Thomson, author of Birding with Yeats

“Everard’s charcters wander, they search and get lost, they find their way or maybe they don’t, all the while grappling with life’s greatest questions - who are we, what is our purpose, how do we love, how do we live with loss. With prose that’s vivid, precise, and quite beautiful, Everard writes stories that are at their beating heart mysterious and profoundly satisfying.”

Rachel Cantor, author of Half-Life of a Stolen Sister and Good on Paper

“Populated with appealingly complex characters, Everard’s elegant stories present the sort of serious conundrums faced by everyone. These dilemmas elicit questions: How can I manage this? and “What should I do next? The possibilities are never obvious in the case of Everard’s protagonist. They commit to their answers, however, and suggest the empowerment that comes with fully taking your life in your own hands.”

Vancouver Sun