Fawn Parker
Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer.[1]
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Career
Parker's novel What We Both Know was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.[2] Parker's essay "The Prescription" appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine and was a finalist for the 2023 National Magazine Awards.[3] In 2020, her short story "FEED MACHINE" was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.[4] Her poem "Woof" has been shortlisted for a 2024 National Magazine Award.[5]
Parker holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Toronto and is studying at the University of New Brunswick to obtain her Ph.D.[6] Her published works include the short story collection Looking Good and Having a Good Time (2015), the poetry collection Weak Spot (2018), the novels Set-Point (ARP 2019)[7] and Dumb-Show (ARP 2021), her novel What We Both Know (McClelland & Stewart, 2022), and the poetry collection Soft Inheritance (Palimpsest 2023)[8] which won both a 2024 New Brunswick Book Award[9] and a 2024 Atlantic Book Award.[10]
Her novel Hi, it's me[11] is forthcoming with McClelland & Stewart in 2024.
Parker is the incoming 2024-2026 Poet Laureate of the City of Fredricton, New Brunswick.[12]
Awards
Year | Work | Prize | Result | Ref |
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2020 | "Feed Machine" | Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize | Shortlist | [4] |
2022 | What We Both Know | Scotiabank Giller Prize | Longlist | [2] |
2023 | "The Prescription" | National Magazine Award | Shortlist | [3] |
2024 | Soft Inheritance | New Brunswick Book Awards Fiddlehead Poetry Prize | Won | [9] |
2024 | Soft Inheritance | Atlantic Book Awards JM Abraham Poetry Prize | Won | [10] |
2024 | "Woof" | National Magazine Award | Shortlist | [5] |
Bibliography
Novels
- Set-Point. ARP Books, 2019. ISBN 9781927886250.
- Dumb-Show. ARP Books, 2021. ISBN 9781927886564.
- What We Both Know. McClelland & Stewart, 2022. ISBN 9780771096730.
- Hi, It's Me. McClelland & Stewart, 2024. ISBN 9780771005152.
Short Stories
- Looking Good and Having a Good Time. Metatron Press, 2015. ISBN 9780993946455.
Essays
- "The Prescription." Maisonneuve Magazine, 2022.[13]
Poetry
- Soft Inheritance. Palimpsest Press, 2023. ISBN 9781990293528.
References
- ^ Siddiqui, Tabassum (July 11, 2022). "Fawn Parker wrestles with the complexity of memory and trauma in the novel What We Both Know". CBC Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. September 6, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "And the Nominees Are…". National Magazine Awards. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ a b Books, CBC (12 August 2020). "13 emerging Canadian writers make 2020 longlist for $10K Journey Prize for short fiction". CBC. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ a b "2024 Nominees". National Magazine Awards. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "The CBC Books Writers to Watch list: 30 Canadian writers on the rise in 2022". CBC Books. July 28, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Cooper, Page (November 3, 2019). "Gains & Losses: A review of Set-Point by Fawn Parker". Montreal Review of Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "Soft Inheritance". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ a b "Winners of the 2024 New Brunswick Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Drudi, Cassandra (2024-06-06). "Michelle Porter, Jack Wong among Atlantic Book Award winners". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Canadian English Rights to Fawn Parker's HI, IT'S ME". CookeMcDermid. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ "'It starts as a passion': City announces Fredericton's 4th poet laureate". City of Fredericton. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Parker, Fawn (2022-12-16). "The Prescription". Maisonneuve. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
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