Oisin Curran

Oisin Curran
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	Blood Fable (2017)
Notable awards	Thomas Head Raddall Award (2018)

Oisin Curran is a Canadian writer based in Nova Scotia. He was the winner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award at the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards for his book Blood Fable, and is married to Sarah Faber, a fellow Nova Scotia writer who was nominated for the same award.

Biography

Curran was born in Maine, and is based in Nova Scotia. He is married to fellow Nova Scotia writer Sarah Faber, with whom he has two children. ^[1] Both Curran and Faber were nominated for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award at the Atlantic Book Awards, Curran for his book Blood Fable and Faber for her book All Is Beauty Now. ^[2] The award was ultimately won by Curran. ^[3]

Curran's book Blood Fable was one of 20 titles in a Canadian literature vending machine at the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in 2018, as part of a program funded by the federal Department of Canadian Heritage. ^[4] In 2019, Curran taught a creative writing course at Cape Breton University. ^[5]

Publications

• Curran, Oisin (2008). Mopus. Counterpath Press. ISBN   978-1-9339-9604-2. OCLC   163707196. ^[6]
• — (2017). Blood Fable . Toronto, ON: BookThug. ISBN   978-1-7716-6294-9. OCLC   973792520. ^[7]
• — (2021). Wenn ich jetzt nicht weine (in German). Germany: Luftschacht Verlag. ISBN   978-3-9030-8144-4. OCLC   1348601677. ^[a]

Recognition

• Atlantic Book Awards: Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award for Blood Fable (2018) ^[3]

References

Notes

1. German translation of Blood Fable

Citations

1. MacPhee (2018); Patterson (2018).
2. MacPhee (2018).
3. Thorne (2018); Porter (2018a); Atlantic Book Awards (2018).
4. Porter (2018b).
5. Patterson (2019).
6. Butler (2012).
7. Colbert (2017); Pitt (2018).

Sources

• Butler, Blake (23 October 2012). "Messed Up Books to Read While Wearing a Mask". Vice . Montreal, QC: Vice Media. Archived from the original on 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• "Blood Fable interlocks two wildly different narratives" . The Toronto Star . Toronto, ON: Torstar. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• Colbert, Jade (28 December 2017). "Review: Oisin Curran's Blood Fable and Kristyn Dunnion's Tarry This Night" . The Globe and Mail . Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• Pitt, David (8 January 2018). "Is Oisín Curran's Blood Fable Real or Fantasy?". Atlantic Books. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• MacPhee, Norma Jean (29 March 2018). "Cape Breton couple to duke it out for same Atlantic Book Award". CBC News . Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• "Husband and wife both nominated for fiction award". The Ellsworth American . Maine. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• Patterson, Elizabeth (19 April 2018). "Couple penning critically acclaimed novels from their Margaree home". Cape Breton Post . Sydney, NS: Postmedia Network . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• "2018 Atlantic Book Awards Winners Announced" (PDF). Halifax, NS: Atlantic Book Awards. 10 May 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• Thorne, Tara (11 May 2018). "Your 2018 Atlantic Book Award winners". The Coast . Halifax, NS. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• Porter, Ryan (14 May 2018). "Married writers Sarah Faber and Oisin Curran both win Atlantic Book Awards". Quill & Quire . Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• Porter, Ryan (22 May 2018). "CanLit vending machine to launch at Billy Bishop Airport". Quill & Quire . Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
• Patterson, Elizabeth (30 July 2019). "Writer behind creative writing course at Cape Breton University". Cape Breton Post . Sydney, NS: Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

Further reading

• "Author spotlight: Oisin Curran". writers.ns.ca. Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

External links

• Oisin Curran at IMDb  
• Works by Oisin Curran at Open Library