Patrick Warner

Patrick Warner is an Irish-Canadian author residing in St. John's, Newfoundland.^[1][2] He writes both novels and poetry. Warner has won several awards for his works, including the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award,^[3][4] the Newfoundland Book Award,^[5][6][7] the Percy Janes First Novel Award,^[8] and the Independent Publisher Regional Fiction Award.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Life

Warner emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland to Newfoundland in 1980.^[13] He attended the Memorial University of Newfoundland for his undergraduate degree, earning a Bachelor's in English and Anthropology. He received a Masters in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Western Ontario.^[2] He works at the Queen Elizabeth II Library at the Memorial University of Newfoundland as a special collections librarian.^[14]

Works

• All Manner of Misunderstanding (2001)
• There, There (2005)^[15]
• Mole (2009)
• Double Talk (2011)^{[8] [16]}
• Perfection (2012)^[17]
• One Hit Wonders (2015)^[1][18]
• Octopus (2016)^{[6] [19]}
• My Camino (2019)^{[20] [21] [22]}

Awards

• 2002 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Capelin"^[2][3]
• 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Tortoise at Toronto Zoo"^[2][4]
• 2007 Newfoundland Book Award for There, There^[5][6]
• 2011 Newfoundland Book Award for Mole^[5][6]
• Percy Janes First Novel Award for Double Talk^[8]
• 2012 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Canada-East) for Double Talk^[9][10]
• 2016 Gold Medal for Canada East Fiction for One Hit Wonders^[11][12]
• 2017 Newfoundland Book Award for Octopus^[7]

References

1. "View of Patrick Warner. One Hit Wonders. St. John's: Breakwater Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-55081-613-6 | Newfoundland and Labrador Studies". journals.lib.unb.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
2. "Patrick Warner". Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
3. "Arts and Letters Awards Program - Senior Division Poetry 2002". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
4. "Arts and Letters Awards Program - Senior Division Poetry 2004". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
5. "Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Winners". Atlantic Book Awards. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
6. "And Now, A Poem: "The Watercourse" by E.J. Pratt Poetry Award Shortlisted Author Patrick Warner". The Overcast. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
7. "And the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards go to..." The Telegram. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
8. "Double Talk". Breakwater Books. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
9. "2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
10. "ECW, Theytus, Breakwater take home IPPY Awards". Quill and Quire. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
11. "Independent Publisher Announces 2016 IPPY Award Winners". Literary Press Group of Canada. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
12. "2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Regional & Ebook Results". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
13. "Warner, Patrick Archives". Biblioasis. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
14. "Inside the old, rare and downright strange world of MUN's special books". CBC News. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
15. "Ruth Roach Pierson's review of Patrick Warner's There, there". Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
16. "Michael Collins' review of Patrick Warner's Double Talk". Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
17. "Chris Jennings Reviews Patrick Warner's Precious". Malahat Review. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
18. "Francesca Boschetti's review of Patrick Warner's One Hit Wonders". Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
19. "Brian Palmu Reviews Patrick Warner's Octopus". Brian Palmu Blog. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
20. "Writing World: Patrick Warner". Newfoundland Herald. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
21. "Trevor Corkum Reviews Patrick Warner's My Camino". Toronto Star. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
22. "Kate Kennedy Reviews Patrick Warner's My Camino". Fiddlehead. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-26.