David Park (writer)

David Park (born 1953) is a novelist from Northern Ireland.^[1]^[2] He grew up in a Protestant working-class family in East Belfast, and wrote seven novels while working as a teacher, before retiring to write full time.^[1]

His ninth novel Spies in Canaan, set in Vietnam, was runner-up in the 2023 Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize for a novel focusing on travel.^[3]^[4]

Oranges from Spain (1990, short stories)
The Healing (1992)
The Rye Man (1994)
Stone Kingdoms (1996)
The Big Snow (2002)
Swallowing the Sun (2004)
The Truth Commissioner (2008)
Light of Amsterdam (2012)
The Poets' Wives (2014)
Gods & Angels (2016)
Travelling in a Strange Land (2018)
Spies in Canaan (2022)

[1]
Sansom, Ian (20 April 2012). "David Park: a life in books". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
[2]
"David Park". literature.britishcouncil.org. British Council. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
[3]
"The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize". Society of Authors. 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
[4]
Self, John (17 May 2022). "Making amends: David Park on loss, regret and youthful idealism". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

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[sansom-1] [1]
Sansom, Ian (20 April 2012). "David Park: a life in books". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[bc-2] [2]
"David Park". literature.britishcouncil.org. British Council. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[3] [3]
"The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize". Society of Authors. 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[self-4] [4]
Self, John (17 May 2022). "Making amends: David Park on loss, regret and youthful idealism". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

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