Canadian journalist and writer of creative non-fiction
Russell Wangersky is a Canadian journalist and writer of creative non-fiction . Born in New Haven, Connecticut , and raised in Canada since the age of three, Wangersky was educated at Acadia University .[ 1] The Telegram St. John's , as well as a columnist and magazine writer.[ 2]
He has been nominated for the National Newspaper Award four times, and has won once,[ 3] creative non-fiction writing. He is also a four-time National Magazine Award finalist.
He published his debut short story collection, The Hour of Bad Decisions , in 2006. The collection was named to the initial longlist for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize , and was also a finalist for the Winterset Award , the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize - Canada and the Caribbean, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award . His book Burning Down the House : Fighting Fires and Losing MyselfThomas Allen Publishers in March 2008. It was a finalist for the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize , and won British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction , the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction , the Drummer-General Prize for Non-Fiction and the Rogers Television Newfoundland and Labrador Non-Fiction Prize.
His 2011 novel The Glass Harmonica won the 2011 Winterset Award. His 2012 short story collection Whirl Away [ 4] Thomas Head Raddall Award .[ 5]
Jason Buxton adapted "Sharp Corner", from Whirl Away , into the 2024 feature film Sharp Corner [ 6]
References
^ a b Maclean's Magazine, October 4, 2012, Giller Prize nominee Russell Wangersky on writing, and reading — Plus, an exclusive excerpt from his book of short stories, Whirl Away
^ CBC News, November 6, 2011, On Point: Did St. John's get a cabinet snub?
^ "Winners since 1949 - National Newspaper Awards" . National Newspaper Awards . Retrieved 2018-03-05 .^ "Scotiabank Giller Prize short list announced" . Toronto Star ^ "Wangersky wins fiction award for ‘Whirl Away’" . The Telegram ^ Alex Ritman, "Neon Boards ‘Sharp Corner’ Starring Ben Foster, Cobie Smulders, Launching Sales in Berlin" . Variety
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1990s
Susan Mayse , Ginger Marie Wadden , Nitassinan Liza Potvin , White Lies (for my mother) Elizabeth Hay , The Only Snow in Havana Linda Johns , Sharing a Robin's Life Denise Chong , The Concubine's Children George G. Blackburn , The Guns of Normandy Anne Mullens , Timely Death Charlotte Gray , Mrs. King Michael Poole , Romancing Mary Jane 2000s
Wayson Choy , Paper Shadows Taras Grescoe , Sacré Blues Tom Allen , Rolling Home Alison Watt , The Last Island Andrea Curtis , Into the Blue Anne Coleman , I'll Tell You a Secret Francis Chalifour , After Linden MacIntyre , Causeway Bruce Serafin , Stardust Russell Wangersky , Burning Down the House 2010s
John Leigh Walters , A Very Capable Life Helen Waldstein Wilkes , Letters from the Lost Joshua Knelman , Hot Art Carol Shaben , Into the Abyss Arno Kopecky , The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (2014)Lynn Thomson , Birding with Yeats (2015)Ann Walmsley , The Prison Book Club (2016)Sonja Larsen , Red Star Tattoo (2017)Pauline Dakin , Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood (2018)Kate Harris , Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road (2019) 2020s
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