Ian Williams (writer)
Ian Williams is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.
Williams is the author of Personals (poems, 2012), which was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize[1] and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award.[2] His collection of short stories, Not Anyone's Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[3] His first book of poetry, You Know Who You Are, was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards.[4]
Williams earned Honours B.Sc., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto. He is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia.
His debut novel, Reproduction, was published in 2019,[5] and was awarded the 2019 Giller Prize.[6] It was also shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon.ca First Novel Award,[7] and the 2019 Toronto Book Awards.[8]
Books
- You Know Who You Are (Wolsak and Wynn, 2010)
- Not Anyone's Anything (Freehand Books, 2011)
- Personals (Freehand Books, 2012), shortlisted for the 2013 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize
- Reproduction (Random House Canada, 2019)
References
- ^ Medley, Mark, "Ian Williams: Poet seeking reader". National Post, June 7, 2013.
- ^ Andrew, Suzanne Alyssa, "Poet Ian Williams experiments with structure to tell a classic love story". Quill & Quire, January 2019.
- ^ "Ian Williams wins $10K prize for debut story collection". CBC News, June 7, 2012.
- ^ "2013 ReLit Shortlists". ReLit Awards, November 22, 2013.
- ^ "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Ian Williams wins the 2019 Scotiabank Giller prize for debut novel". CBC News. November 18, 2019.
- ^ Dundas, Deborah, "Tanya Tagaq, Ian Williams among finalists for $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award". Toronto Star, April 26, 2019.
- ^ Ryan Porter (June 19, 2019). "Twelve titles longlisted for Toronto Book Award". Quill & Quire. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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