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In 2016 Blennerhassett published a non-fiction book about Olympic field hockey player Balbir Singh Sr.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-man-was-once-india-s-biggest-field-hockey-star-1.3456578 "Burnaby man was once India's biggest field hockey star"]. ''CBC News'', Rafferty Baker, February 20, 2016</ref><ref>[http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=53235 "Local Journalist Tells Story Of Forgotten Indo-Canadian Hockey Legend"]. ''LinkPaper'', February 13, 2016</ref> |
In 2016 Blennerhassett published a non-fiction book about Olympic field hockey player Balbir Singh Sr.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-man-was-once-india-s-biggest-field-hockey-star-1.3456578 "Burnaby man was once India's biggest field hockey star"]. ''CBC News'', Rafferty Baker, February 20, 2016</ref><ref>[http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=53235 "Local Journalist Tells Story Of Forgotten Indo-Canadian Hockey Legend"]. ''LinkPaper'', February 13, 2016</ref> |
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Blennerhassett previously worked for the [https://www.scmp.com/author/patrick-blennerhassett ''South China Morning Post''] in Hong Kong. in 2018 he wrote a feature article for [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/canada-why-have-so-many-guys-from-my-town-died-young-mental-health The Guardian] about a rash of deaths of men in his hometown of Kamloops. He is currently a business and economics journalist for the [https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/patrick-blennerhassett/ Las Vegas Review-Journal]. |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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Occupation | Writer |
Patrick Blennerhassett is a Canadian journalist and author who currently lives in Hong Kong.[1][2]
Early life and education
Blennerhassett was born in Vancouver, and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia.[3] He is a Thompson Rivers University graduate,[4] who also attended Langara College and Simon Fraser University.[5] His work has been published in such outlets as The Guardian and The Globe & Mail.
Blennerhassett has published four novels.[6][7] He is also a freelance journalist and regularly contributes articles to Business in Vancouver.[8]
In 2007 Blennerhassett was the recipient of a Jack Webster Foundation Fellowship Award.[9]
In 2016 Blennerhassett published a non-fiction book about Olympic field hockey player Balbir Singh Sr.[10][11]
Blennerhassett previously worked for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. in 2018 he wrote a feature article for The Guardian about a rash of deaths of men in his hometown of Kamloops. He is currently a business and economics journalist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Books
- Monument[12][13]
- Random Acts of Vandalism[14][15]
- A Forgotten Legend: Balbir Singh Sr., Triple Olympic Gold & Modi's New India[16]
- The Fatalists[17]
References
- ^ "Random acts of writing", by Dale Bass – Kamloops This Week, October 19, 2011
- ^ "Patrick Blennerhassett | writer/Journalist". Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ Fact or fiction? | Kamloops This Week
- ^ "Patrick Blennerhassett BGM '17 – TRU Newsroom". inside.tru.ca.
- ^ "BLENNERHASSETT, Patrick". ABC Bookworld
- ^ Patrick Blennerhassett's Bio from http://www.nonpublishing.com/patrick+blennerhassett/author/1/5/
- ^ "Langley authors offer plenty to put under the tree this Christmas". BC Local. December 12, 2011
- ^ "Patrick Blennerhassett | Business in Vancouver".
- ^ "Jack Webster Foundation Fellowship Award Winners". The Jack Webster Foundation.
- ^ "Burnaby man was once India's biggest field hockey star". CBC News, Rafferty Baker, February 20, 2016
- ^ "Local Journalist Tells Story Of Forgotten Indo-Canadian Hockey Legend". LinkPaper, February 13, 2016
- ^ Patrick Blennerhassett – Monument – Interview | Literary Photographer
- ^ "Monument". The Reading Room
- ^ Random Acts of Vandalism – Monday Magazine
- ^ Darkness in the dawn | Arts & Entertainment | Kamloops Daily News
- ^ March 6, Charlie Gillis (March 6, 2016). "The greatest hockey player ever". Macleans.ca.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Fatalists". Quill and Quire. August 16, 2016.
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- 21st-century Canadian novelists
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