Craig Francis Power
Craig Francis Power is a Canadian writer and artist from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]
His debut novel, Blood Relatives, won the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador's Fresh Fish Award in 2007, and the Percy Janes First Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2008.[2] It was published in 2010, was short-listed for the BMO Winterset Award that year, and won the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2011.[3] His second novel, The Hope, was published in 2016,[4] and was again a ReLit Award finalist.[5] His third novel, Skeet Love, followed in 2017.[1] His first book of poetry, Total Party Kill, a meditation on addiction and sobriety through the imagery of Dungeons & Dragons, was published in 2024.[6]
In 2018, he served as a judge for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,[7] and for the CBC Short Story Prize.[8]
As an artist, Power is known primarily for a subversive spin on folk art forms, such as hooked rug art.[9] In 2008, he was nominated for the Sobey Art Award.
References
- 1 2 "Joan Sullivan review: Perilous world depicted in 'Skeet Love' | The Telegram". www.thetelegram.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2026-05-01.
- ↑ "Power's powerful debut lives up to hype". The Telegram, September 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Burgess, Couture among ReLit winners". Quill & Quire, October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Brett Josef Grubisic, "Rollicking Newfoundland road trip offers lessons about hope". Toronto Star, November 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Zoe Whittall, Jordan Abel among writers shortlisted for ReLit Awards". CBC Books, May 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Total Party Kill". Riddle Fence. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ "Here are the winners of the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, November 9, 2018.
- ↑ "27 writers make 2018 CBC Short Story Prize longlist". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Craig Francis Power Puts Bad-Boy Spin on Folk Art". Canadian Art, February 4, 2013.