Andrew Battershill
Andrew Battershill | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s–present |
| Notable works | Pillow |
| Spouse | |
Andrew Battershill is a Canadian writer,[1] whose debut novel Pillow was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize[2] and the Sunburst Award,[3] and a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, in 2016.
He was cofounder with Jeremy Hanson-Finger of the online literary magazine Dragnet Magazine.[4]
He won the 2019 ReLit Award for fiction for his novel Marry, Bang, Kill.[5]
Originally from British Columbia, he studied creative writing at the University of Toronto, and served as the 2017-2018 Writer-in-Residence at the Regina Public Library.[6] He is the brother of writer Claire Battershill.
References[]
- ^ "Crimes against Surrealism: Pillow, by Andrew Battershill, reviewed". National Post, November 5, 2015.
- ^ "Emma Donoghue, Mona Awad among 12 Giller Prize nominees". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Awards: Atwood, Alexis, O'Neill among Sunburst nominees". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Dragnet Magazine: Seriously Funny" Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, December 2, 2011.
- ^ "Andrew Battershill, Robin Richardson & Barry Callaghan win 2019 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 16, 2021.
- ^
"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.
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