Fawn Parker

Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer.^[1]

Parker at the Ottawa International Writers Festival in 2022

Career

Parker's novel What We Both Know was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.^[2] Her essay "The Prescription" appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine and was a finalist for the 2023 National Magazine Awards.^[3] In 2020, her short story "FEED MACHINE" was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.^[4] Her poem "Woof" was shortlisted for a 2024 National Magazine Award.^[5]

Parker holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Toronto and is studying at the University of New Brunswick to obtain her Ph.D.^[6] Her published works include the short story collection Looking Good and Having a Good Time (2015), the poetry collection Weak Spot (2018), the novels Set-Point (ARP 2019)^[7] and Dumb-Show (ARP 2021), her novel What We Both Know (McClelland & Stewart, 2022), and the poetry collection Soft Inheritance (Palimpsest 2023)^[8] which won both a 2024 New Brunswick Book Award^[9] and a 2024 Atlantic Book Award.^[10]

Her latest novel Hi, it's me^[11] was released by McClelland & Stewart in September of 2024 and is a finalist for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize.^[12]

Parker is the 2024-2026 Poet Laureate of the City of Fredricton, New Brunswick.^[13]

Awards

Year	Work	Prize	Result	Ref
2020	"Feed Machine"	Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize	Shortlist	[4]
2022	What We Both Know	Scotiabank Giller Prize	Longlist	[2]
2023	"The Prescription"	National Magazine Award	Shortlist	[3]
2024	Soft Inheritance	New Brunswick Book Awards Fiddlehead Poetry Prize	Won	[9]
2024	Soft Inheritance	Atlantic Book Awards JM Abraham Poetry Prize	Won	[10]
2024	"Woof"	National Magazine Award	Shortlist	[5]
2024	Hi, It's Me	Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize	Shortlist	[12]

Bibliography

Novels

• Set-Point. ARP Books, 2019. ISBN 9781927886250.
• Dumb-Show. ARP Books, 2021. ISBN 9781927886564.
• What We Both Know. McClelland & Stewart, 2022. ISBN 9780771096730.
• Hi, It's Me. McClelland & Stewart, 2024. ISBN 9780771005152.

Short Stories

• Looking Good and Having a Good Time. Metatron Press, 2015. ISBN 9780993946455.

Essays

• "The Prescription." Maisonneuve Magazine, 2022.^[14]

Poetry

• Soft Inheritance. Palimpsest Press, 2023. ISBN 9781990293528.

References

1. Siddiqui, Tabassum (July 11, 2022). "Fawn Parker wrestles with the complexity of memory and trauma in the novel What We Both Know". CBC Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
2. "14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. September 6, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
3. "And the Nominees Are…". National Magazine Awards. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
4. "13 emerging Canadian writers make 2020 longlist for $10K Journey Prize for short fiction". CBC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
5. "2024 Nominees". National Magazine Awards. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
6. "The CBC Books Writers to Watch list: 30 Canadian writers on the rise in 2022". CBC Books. July 28, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
7. Cooper, Page (November 3, 2019). "Gains & Losses: A review of Set-Point by Fawn Parker". Montreal Review of Books. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
8. "Soft Inheritance". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
9. "Winners of the 2024 New Brunswick Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
10. Drudi, Cassandra (2024-06-06). "Michelle Porter, Jack Wong among Atlantic Book Award winners". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
11. "Canadian English Rights to Fawn Parker's HI, IT'S ME". CookeMcDermid. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
12. Drudi, Cassandra (September 25, 2024). "Shortlist announced for 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Quill & Quire. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
13. "'It starts as a passion': City announces Fredericton's 4th poet laureate". City of Fredericton. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
14. Parker, Fawn (2022-12-16). "The Prescription". Maisonneuve. Retrieved 2024-06-16.