Susan Paddon is a

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poet."A group of writers finds creative inspiration and community spirit in a remote Cape Breton village"
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'', June 8, 2016. Her debut collection ''Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths'', published in 2015, was a finalist for the Raymond Souster Award and the

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for Poetry, and won the

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."East Coast Literary Awards celebrate authors"
''Atlantic Books Today'', June 8, 2015. Originally from St. Thomas,

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, she attended

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and

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. She currently resides in

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