Patrick Warner is an Irish-Canadian author residing in

St. John's, Newfoundland St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...

. He writes both fiction novels and

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

. Warner has won several awards for his works, including the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award, the Newfoundland Book Award, the

Percy Janes First Novel Award The Percy Janes First Novel Award is a Canadian literary award, presented through the provincial government's annual Arts and Letters Competition to an unpublished manuscript by a first-time novelist from Newfoundland and Labrador. The award is nam ...

, and the Independent Publisher Regional Fiction Award.

Life

Warner emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland to Newfoundland in 1980. 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 The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames R ...

. He works at the Queen Elizabeth II Library at the Memorial University of Newfoundland as a special collections librarian.

Works

* ''All Manner of Misunderstanding'' (2001) * ''There, There'' (2005) * ''Mole'' (2009) * ''Double Talk'' (2011) * ''Perfection'' (2012) *''One Hit Wonders'' (2015) * ''Octopus'' (2016) * ''My Camino'' (2019)

Awards

* 2002 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Capelin" * 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Tortoise at Toronto Zoo" * 2007 Newfoundland Book Award for ''There, There'' * 2011 Newfoundland Book Award for ''Mole'' * Percy Janes First Novel Award for ''Double Talk'' * 2012 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Canada-East) for ''Double Talk'' * 2016 Gold Medal for Canada East Fiction for ''One Hit Wonders'' * 2017 Newfoundland Book Award for ''Octopus''

References

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