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Wayson
Choy |
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Fiction
All
That Matters, 2005
The Jade Peony, 1995
Non-Fiction
Paper
Shadows, 1999
Film
Searching
for Confucius, documentary featuring Choy. Directed and
co-written by Trevor Grant. Co-written by Carrie-May Siggins,
2005
Unfolding the Butterfly, documentary about Choy by
Michael Glassbourg, 2000
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Awards:
Awarded the Order of Canada, 2005
Trillium Book Award – 2005, All That Matters
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction –
2000, Paper Shadows
Shared Trillium Book Award with Margaret Atwood –
1996, The Jade Peony
Vancouver Book Award – 1996, The Jade Peony
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| Biography:
With the publication of his internationally acclaimed debut novel
The Jade Peony in 1995, Wayson Choy emerged as one of the most exciting
new voices on the Canadian literary landscape. Born in Vancouver,
he was the first Chinese person to enroll in the University of British
Columbia's creative writing course. Today, he is a Professor Emeritus
at Humber College in Toronto. The Jade Peony spent six months on
The Globe and Mail's national bestseller list, shared the Trillium
Book Award for best book in 1995, and won the 1996 City of Vancouver
Book Award. All That Matters, a companion novel to The Jade Peony,
won the Trillium Book Award in 2004 and was shortlisted for the
2005 Giller Prize.
Website,
Reviews and Interviews
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Shani
Mootoo |
| Fiction
He
Drown She in the Sea, 2005
Cereus Blooms at Night, 1996
Out on Main Street, 1993
Poetry
predicament
of or, 2001 |
Film
View,
2000
a.m., 1996
Guerita and Prietita, 1995
Her Sweetness Lingers, 1994
The Wild Women in the Woods, 1993
A Paddle and a Compass, with Wendy Oberlander, 1992
English Lesson, 1991
Lest I Burn, 1991 |
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| Biography:
Shani
Mootoo was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. She has lived
in Canada since the early 1980s. Her acclaimed first novel, Cereus
Blooms at Night, was published in fourteen countries, was a finalist
for The Giller Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the Chapters/Books
in Canada First Novel Award. She is also a multimedia visual artist
and video-maker whose work has been exhibited internationally.
Website,
Reviews and Interviews:
Praise
for He Drown She in the Sea
Review
of He Drown She in the Sea in Edmonton’s Vue Weekly
Review
of predicament of or, ARC Poetry Magazine, Summer 2002
“Novel
Therapy: Writing to Forget Child Abuse” article featuring
Shani Mootoo in India Today, November 2, 1998
Interview
with Shani Mootoo about her experience confronting sex offenders
at Stave Lake Correctional Centre, BC Institute Against Family Violence
Newsletter, 1993 |
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Barry
Webster |
| Books:
The Sound of All Flesh, 2005 |
Biography:
Barry Webster is a classically-trained pianist and a graduate
of the University of Toronto and Concordia University. His
fiction has appeared in numerous Canadian journals from the
Fiddlehead to the Danforth Review and has been short-listed
for a National Magazine Award and the CBC-Quebec Prize. Originally
from Toronto, he lives in East Montreal. |
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Reviews and Interviews: -
Review
of The Sound of All Flesh in Montreal’s The Hour, December
8, 200
Review
of The Sound of All Flesh in Montreal’s Review of Books, Volume
9, Issue 3
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