Patrick Warner Explained
Patrick Warner is an Irish-Canadian author residing in St. John's, Newfoundland.[1] [2] He writes both novels and poetry. Warner has won several awards for his works, including the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award, the Newfoundland Book Award, the Percy Janes First Novel Award, and the Independent Publisher Regional Fiction Award.
Life
Warner emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland to Newfoundland in 1980.[3] He attended the Memorial University of Newfoundland for his undergraduate degree, earning a Bachelor's in English and Anthropology. He received a Masters in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Western Ontario. He works at the Queen Elizabeth II Library at the Memorial University of Newfoundland as a special collections librarian.[4]
Works
- All Manner of Misunderstanding (2001)
- There, There (2005)[5]
- Mole (2009)
- Double Talk (2011)[6] [7]
- Perfection (2012)[8]
- One Hit Wonders (2015)[9]
- Octopus (2016) [10]
- My Camino (2019)[11] [12] [13]
Awards
- 2002 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Capelin"[14]
- 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Tortoise at Toronto Zoo"[15]
- 2007 Newfoundland Book Award for There, There[16] [17]
- 2011 Newfoundland Book Award for Mole
- Percy Janes First Novel Award for Double Talk
- 2012 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Canada-East) for Double Talk[18] [19]
- 2016 Gold Medal for Canada East Fiction for One Hit Wonders[20] [21]
- 2017 Newfoundland Book Award for Octopus[22]
Notes and References
- Web site: View of Patrick Warner. One Hit Wonders. St. John's: Breakwater Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-55081-613-6 Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. 2020-08-26. journals.lib.unb.ca.
- Web site: Patrick Warner. 2020-08-26. Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Web site: Warner, Patrick Archives. 2020-08-26. Biblioasis. en-US.
- Web site: 2019-04-11. Inside the old, rare and downright strange world of MUN's special books. 2020-08-26. CBC News.
- Web site: 2020-07-28. Ruth Roach Pierson's review of Patrick Warner's There, there . 2020-07-26. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies . en-CA.
- Web site: Double Talk. 2020-08-26. Breakwater Books.
- Web site: 2020-07-28. Michael Collins' review of Patrick Warner's Double Talk . 2020-07-26. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies . en-CA.
- Web site: 2020-07-28. Chris Jennings Reviews Patrick Warner's Precious. 2020-07-26. Malahat Review. en-CA.
- Web site: 2020-07-28. Francesca Boschetti's review of Patrick Warner's One Hit Wonders . 2020-07-26. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies . en-CA.
- Web site: 2020-07-28. Brian Palmu Reviews Patrick Warner's Octopus. 2020-07-26. Brian Palmu Blog. en-CA.
- Web site: 2019-08-28. Writing World: Patrick Warner. 2020-08-26. Newfoundland Herald. en-CA.
- Web site: 2019-08-28. Trevor Corkum Reviews Patrick Warner's My Camino. 2020-08-26. Toronto Star. en-CA.
- Web site: 2021-07-28. Kate Kennedy Reviews Patrick Warner's My Camino. 2020-07-26. Fiddlehead. en-CA.
- Web site: Arts and Letters Awards Program - Senior Division Poetry 2002. 2020-08-26. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. en-CA.
- Web site: Arts and Letters Awards Program - Senior Division Poetry 2004. 2020-08-26. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. en-CA.
- Web site: Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Winners. 2020-08-26. Atlantic Book Awards. en-US.
- Web site: 2017-05-01. And Now, A Poem: "The Watercourse" by E.J. Pratt Poetry Award Shortlisted Author Patrick Warner. 2020-08-26. The Overcast. en-US.
- Web site: 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results. 2020-08-26. Independent Publisher.
- Web site: 2012-06-15. ECW, Theytus, Breakwater take home IPPY Awards. 2020-08-26. Quill and Quire.
- Web site: Independent Publisher Announces 2016 IPPY Award Winners. 2020-08-26. Literary Press Group of Canada. en.
- Web site: 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Regional & Ebook Results. 2020-08-26. Independent Publisher.
- Web site: 2017-05-03. And the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards go to.... 2020-08-26. The Telegram.