Fawn Parker

Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer.^[1]

Career

Parker's novel What We Both Know was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.^[2] Her 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" was 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 latest novel Hi, it's me^[11] was released by McClelland & Stewart in September of 2024 and is a finalist for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize.^[12]

Parker is the 2024-2026 Poet Laureate of the City of Fredricton, New Brunswick.^[13]

Awards


Year	Work	Prize	Result	Ref
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]
2024	Hi, It's Me	Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize	Shortlist	^[12]

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.^[14]

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 "13 emerging Canadian writers make 2020 longlist for $10K Journey Prize for short fiction". CBC. 12 August 2020. 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.
^ ^a ^b Drudi, Cassandra (September 25, 2024). "Shortlist announced for 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Quill & Quire. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
^ "'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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[1] 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.

[:0-2] "14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. September 6, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[:1-3] "And the Nominees Are…". National Magazine Awards. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.

[:2-4] "13 emerging Canadian writers make 2020 longlist for $10K Journey Prize for short fiction". CBC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[:3-5] "2024 Nominees". National Magazine Awards. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

[6] "The CBC Books Writers to Watch list: 30 Canadian writers on the rise in 2022". CBC Books. July 28, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[7] Cooper, Page (November 3, 2019). "Gains & Losses: A review of Set-Point by Fawn Parker". Montreal Review of Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[8] "Soft Inheritance". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-04-22.

[:4-9] "Winners of the 2024 New Brunswick Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

[:5-10] 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.

[11] "Canadian English Rights to Fawn Parker's HI, IT'S ME". CookeMcDermid. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-22.

[:6-12] Drudi, Cassandra (September 25, 2024). "Shortlist announced for 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Quill & Quire. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

[13] "'It starts as a passion': City announces Fredericton's 4th poet laureate". City of Fredericton. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

[14] Parker, Fawn (2022-12-16). "The Prescription". Maisonneuve. Retrieved 2024-06-16.

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