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

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References

  1. "Crimes against Surrealism: Pillow, by Andrew Battershill, reviewed" Archived 2023-07-09 at the Wayback Machine . 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.