Media Coverage

October 2015 – Review of Hooked

“…I couldn’t stop turning the pages.” (EVENT Magazine)

February 2015 – Review of Hooked 

“If you have ever felt that something sinister lies beneath the surface of the beautiful city [Vancouver] and its beaches, Hooked is a must read.” (Trek Magazine)

March 2014 – Author Profile

“Now that Vancouver author Michael Hetherington has raised his children, he has time to write — and write he does. Four books will be published by 2015 …” (The Ubyssey)

 August 2013 – Review of The Archive Carpet

“Though many of the pieces … could fit comfortably into a single tweet, the stories don’t feel fractured. They seem to insinuate more, in the way that a really talented artist can sketch a half-moon and suddenly you imagine a cheek. Hetherington has mastered the art of creating potential action in micro-fiction …” (Broken Pencil Magazine)

November 2012 – Review of The Archive Carpet

“North Vancouver’s Michael Hetherington has produced The Archive Carpet (Passfield, 144 pages, $20) from fragments of fiction. These fragments resemble prose poems more than fast fictions, but are sometimes just odd advice: ‘Don’t ever criticize a mermaid.’

“Hetherington’s best fragments suggest grand, complex worlds. ‘Elsbeth was not enjoying the story. But she had no choice, because it was the only story. After a year with no change, she insisted on another story, but the committee denied her request.’

“In other fragments, the suggestiveness is more realistic, and sinister: ‘I felt her fingers. They were warm and she didn’t wake up. I felt her throat.'” (Winnipeg Free Press)