Kevin Hardcastle (born August 8, 1980) is a Canadian fiction writer, whose debut short story collection ''Debris'' won the

Trillium Book Award The Trillium Book Award (french: Prix littéraire Trillium or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is ov ...

in 2016 and the

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for Short Fiction in 2017."Carellin Brooks, Kevin Hardcastle and Sue Goyette win 2016 ReLit Awards"

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, March 9, 2017. The collection, published by

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and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and was named a best book of the year by ''

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''.

Early life and education

Originally from Midland,

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,"Simcoe County Noir: An Interview with Kevin Hardcastle"
''The Puritan'', Issue 31. he studied writing at the

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and

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Writing career

His short story "To Have to Wait" was a finalist for the 2012

Journey Prize The Journey Prize (officially called The Writers' Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best short story published by a ...

, a prize awarded to the best short story by an emerging Canadian writer. His story "Old Man Marchuk" was included in the ''Journey Prize Anthology'' in 2014, and later in ''Best Canadian Stories 15''. His writing has also appeared in publications including ''

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'', ''subTerrain'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Prism International ''Prism International'' (styled ''PRISM international'') is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1959, it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine. The magazine was started with name ''Prism'' ...

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'', '' Joyland'', '' Shenandoah'' and ''

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''. His first novel, ''In the Cage'', was published by Biblioasis in September 2017.

Publications

* ''Debris'' (2015, collection of short stories ) * ''In the Cage'' (2017, novel) * "To Have to Wait" (Short story) * "Old Man Marchuk" (Short story)

References

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