Andrew Battershill
Andrew Battershill | |
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Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | ReLit Award (2019) |
Spouse | Suzannah Showler |
Relatives | Claire Battershill (sibling) |
Andrew Battershill is a Canadian writer[1] who cofounded the online literary magazine Dragnet Magazine with Jeremy Hanson-Finger.[2]
In 2016, his debut novel, Pillow, was longlisted for the
Scotiabank Giller Prize[3] and the Sunburst Award,[4] and a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize[5]
in 2016.
His second novel, Marry, Bang, Kill, won the 2019
ReLit Award for fiction.[6]
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.Awards
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Pillow | Scotiabank Giller Prize
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Longlist | [3] |
2016 | Pillow | Sunburst Award | Nominee | [4] |
2016 | Pillow | Kobo Emerging Writer Prize | Shortlist | [5] |
2019 | Marry, Bang, Kill | ReLit Award for Fiction
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Winner | [8] |
Publications
- Pillow (2015, Coach House Books)
- Marry, Bang, Kill (2018, Goose Lane Editions)
References
- ^ "Crimes against Surrealism: Pillow, by Andrew Battershill, reviewed" Archived 2023-07-09 at the Wayback Machine. National Post, November 5, 2015.
- ^ "Dragnet Magazine: Seriously Funny" Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, December 2, 2011.
- ^ a b Medley, Mark (2016-09-07). "Emma Donoghue, Mona Awad among 12 Giller Prize nominees". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ Quill and Quire. Archivedfrom the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ a b "Second Annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners Announced". Kobo Books. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- CBC Books. 2021-04-16. Archivedfrom the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^
"Regina Public Library selects 2017-18 Writer in Residence" (PDF). Regina Public Library. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
He currently resides in Vancouver with his wife, the poet and essayist Suzannah Showler, and will relocate to Regina to begin his residency on August 23, 2017.
- CBC Books. 2021-04-16. Archivedfrom the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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