John-James Ford (born 1972) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer. Born in

Kindersley Kindersley is a town surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located along Highway 7, a primary highway linking Calgary, Alberta and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. At a population of 4,597 ...

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, Ford studied at the

Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...

in Kingston,

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and at the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Americ ...

Fredericton Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...

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. His poetry and short fiction have been published in ''Grey Borders'', ''Papertiger'', ''qwerty'', ''Carousel'', ''Prairie Fire'', stonestone, Veritas, and sub-Terrain. His first novel, ''

Bonk on the Head ''Bonk on the Head'' is a novel written by John-James Ford. Published in 2005 by Nightwood Editions, it is about coming of age in a journey that takes the protagonist through the final years of high school, a reserve regiment and the Royal Militar ...

'' (2005), was published by

Nightwood Editions ''Nightwood'' is a 1936 novel by American author Djuna Barnes that was first published by publishing house Faber and Faber. It is one of the early prominent novels to portray explicit homosexuality between women, and as such can be considered l ...

. Ford won the 2006

Ottawa Book Award Ottawa Book Award and Prix du livre d'Ottawa is a Canadian literary award presented by the City of Ottawa to the best English and French language books written in the previous year by a living author residing in Ottawa.

in the English

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

category (tied with ''The Sundog Season'' by John Geddes).

External links

Nightwood Editions

Bonk on the HeadWriter's Union profileRecords of Nightwood Editions are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
1972 births Canadian male novelists Living people Royal Military College of Canada alumni Date of birth missing (living people) People from Kindersley {{Canada-writer-stub