Anakana Schofield
Anakana Schofield | |
|---|---|
 Schofield in Vancouver, BC (2015) | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Writing career | |
| Period | 2010s–present |
| Notable works | Malarky, Martin John |
| Website | anakanaschofield |
Anakana Schofield (born 1971) is an Irish-Canadian author who won the 2012 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for her debut novel Malarky.[1] The novel was also shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.[2]
Early life
Born in England to an Irish mother, she lived in London and in Dublin, Ireland, until moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1999.[3]
Career
Her debut novel Malarky won the 2012 Amazon Canada First Novel Award[1] and Late Night Library's 2013 Debut-litzer Prize for Fiction,[4] and was shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.[2]
Martin John, her second novel, was published in 2015. The novel was shortlisted for the 2015 Giller Prize,[5] the 2016 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize,[6] the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize,[7] and the 2017 ReLit Award for Novel.[8] Schofield has also been a literary critic and essayist, contributing to the London Review of Books Blog,[9] The Globe and Mail,[10] and The Guardian,[11] among others.
Her third novel, Bina: A Novel in Warnings, centring on a character from Malarky,[12] was published in 2019 in Canada and 2020 in the UK.[13][14] Bina was shortlisted for the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize. The jury described the novel as "startlingly original and horribly funny."[15] The novel was published in February 2021 in the US by New York Review Books.[16] Bina won the 2021 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award.[17]
Works
References
- 1 2 Quill, Greg (24 April 2013). "Anakana Schofield's Malarky wins First Novel Award". Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Schofield, Gaston highlight B.C. Book Prize nominees". National Post. 14 March 2013.
- ↑ "First time lucky". Quill and Quire. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "The Winners of the 2013 Debut-litzer Prizes". Late Night Library. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013.
- ↑ Keeler, Emily M. (5 October 2015). "Giller short list highlights Heather O'Neill, Anakana Schofield, and André Alexis". National Post.
- ↑ Robertson, Becky (9 March 2016). "Alix Hawley, Anakana Schofield among B.C. Book Prize finalists". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (28 September 2016). "Goldsmiths prize shortlists novels 'that break the mould'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Tobias, Conan (24 January 2017). "2016 ReLit nominees announced". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Schofield, Anakana (15 March 2016). "Bold, Open-Minded and Entrepreneurial". LRB Blog. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Schofield, Anakana (22 May 2026). "Opinion: For my mother, and myself, a final journey home". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Schofield, Anakana (25 July 2013). "Anakana Schofield: publicising a novel - the problems". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ Beattie, Steven W. (8 April 2019). "Bina: A Novel in Warnings". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019". CBC Books. 23 January 2019.
- ↑ "Briefly Noted". The New Yorker. 22 February 2021. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Wilson, Frances. "Bina". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ "Bina". New York Review Books. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Doyle, Martin (2 June 2021). "Anakana Schofield wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for Bina". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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