Patrick Warner

Patrick Warner is an Irish-Canadian author residing in St. John's, Newfoundland.[1][2] He writes both fiction novels and poetry. Warner has won several awards for his works, including the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award,[3][4] the Newfoundland Book Award,[5][6][7] the Percy Janes First Novel Award,[8] and the Independent Publisher Regional Fiction Award.[9][10][11][12]

Life

Warner emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland to Newfoundland in 1980.[13] 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.[2] He works at the Queen Elizabeth II Library at the Memorial University of Newfoundland as a special collections librarian.[14]

Works
  • All Manner of Misunderstanding (2001)
  • There, There (2005)
  • Mole (2009)
  • Double Talk (2011)[8]
  • Perfection (2012)
  • One Hit Wonders (2015)[1]
  • Octopus (2016)[6]
  • My Camino (2019)[15]

Awards
  • 2002 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Capelin"[2][3]
  • 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for "Tortoise at Toronto Zoo"[2][4]
  • 2007 Newfoundland Book Award for There, There[5][6]
  • 2011 Newfoundland Book Award for Mole[5][6]
  • Percy Janes First Novel Award for Double Talk[8]
  • 2012 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Canada-East) for Double Talk[9][10]
  • 2016 Gold Medal for Canada East Fiction for One Hit Wonders[11][12]
  • 2017 Newfoundland Book Award for Octopus[7]

References
  1. "View of Patrick Warner. One Hit Wonders. St. John's: Breakwater Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-55081-613-6 | Newfoundland and Labrador Studies". journals.lib.unb.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. "Patrick Warner". Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  3. "Arts and Letters Awards Program - Senior Division Poetry 2002". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  4. "Arts and Letters Awards Program - Senior Division Poetry 2004". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  5. "Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Winners". Atlantic Book Awards. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  6. "And Now, A Poem: "The Watercourse" by E.J. Pratt Poetry Award Shortlisted Author Patrick Warner". The Overcast. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  7. "And the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards go to..." The Telegram. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  8. "Double Talk". Breakwater Books. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  9. "2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  10. "ECW, Theytus, Breakwater take home IPPY Awards". Quill and Quire. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  11. "Independent Publisher Announces 2016 IPPY Award Winners". Literary Press Group of Canada. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  12. "2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Regional & Ebook Results". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  13. "Warner, Patrick Archives". Biblioasis. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  14. "Inside the old, rare and downright strange world of MUN's special books". CBC News. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  15. "Writing World: Patrick Warner". Newfoundland Herald. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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