Andrew Battershill

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Andrew Battershill
OccupationNovelist
Nationality Canadian
Period2010s–present
Notable awards ReLit Award (2019)
Spouse Suzannah Showler
Relatives Claire Battershill (sibling)

Andrew Battershill is a Canadian writer [1] who cofounded the online literary magazine Dragnet Magazine with Jeremy Hanson-Finger. [2]

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In 2016, his debut novel, Pillow, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize [3] and the Sunburst Award, [4] and a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize [5] in 2016.

His second novel, Marry, Bang, Kill, won the 2019 ReLit Award for fiction. [6]

Originally from British Columbia, Battershills studied creative writing at the University of Toronto and served as the 2017-2018 Writer-in-Residence at the Regina Public Library. [7] He is the brother of writer Claire Battershill.

Awards

Awards for Battershill's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2016Pillow Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist [3]
2016Pillow Sunburst Award Nominee [4]
2016Pillow Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist [5]
2019Marry, Bang, Kill ReLit Award for FictionWinner [8]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Crimes against Surrealism: Pillow, by Andrew Battershill, reviewed" . National Post , November 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dragnet Magazine: Seriously Funny" Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine . Open Book Toronto, December 2, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Medley, Mark (2016-09-07). "Emma Donoghue, Mona Awad among 12 Giller Prize nominees". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  4. 1 2 Robertson, Becky (2016-06-08). "Awards: Atwood, Alexis, O'Neill among Sunburst nominees". Quill and Quire . Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  5. 1 2 "Second Annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners Announced". Kobo Books. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  6. ↑ "Andrew Battershill, Robin Richardson & Barry Callaghan win 2019 ReLit Awards". CBC Books . 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  7. ↑ "Regina Public Library selects 2017-18 Writer in Residence" (PDF). Regina Public Library . 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2019-06-11. He currently resides in Vancouver with his wife, the poet and essayist Suzannah Showler, and will relocate to Regina to begin his residency on August 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Andrew Battershill, Robin Richardson & Barry Callaghan win 2019 ReLit Awards". CBC Books . 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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