Kevin Hardcastle

Kevin Hardcastle
Born (1980-08-08) August 8, 1980 (age 46)
Occupationsnovelist, short stories
Writing career
Period2010s-present
Notable workDebris

Kevin Hardcastle (born August 8, 1980) is a Canadian fiction writer, whose debut short story collection Debris won the Trillium Book Award in 2016 and the ReLit Award for Short Fiction in 2017. The collection, published by Biblioasis in 2015, was also shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and was named a best book of the year by Quill and Quire.

Early life and education

Originally from Midland, Ontario, he studied writing at the University of Toronto and Cardiff University.

Writing career

His short story "To Have to Wait" was a finalist for the 2012 Journey Prize, a prize awarded to the best short story by an emerging Canadian writer. His story "Old Man Marchuk" was included in the Journey Prize Anthology in 2014, and later in Best Canadian Stories 15. His writing has also appeared in publications including Word Riot, subTerrain, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, The New Quarterly, Prism International, Event, Joyland, Shenandoah and The Walrus.

His first novel, In the Cage, was published by Biblioasis in September 2017.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Medley, Mark (22 June 2016). "Kevin Hardcastle's Debris wins 2016 Trillium Book Award". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Carellin Brooks, Kevin Hardcastle and Sue Goyette win 2016 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, March 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Jacked up myths for working stiffs: Kevin Hardcastle’s Debris, reviewed". National Post, October 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Awards: Writers’ Union of Canada announces Danuta Gleed shortlist". Quill & Quire, May 10, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Simcoe County Noir: An Interview with Kevin Hardcastle". The Puritan, Issue 31.
  6. ↑ "The Writers’ Trust Conversations: Kevin Hardcastle and Tamas Dobozy". National Post, November 7, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 "PRISM's good news!". PRISM international. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. ↑ In the Cage. Biblioasis. 2017. ISBN 978-1-77196-147-9. OCLC 971600153.