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Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador's Fresh Fish Award in 2007, and the Percy Janes First Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2008.[2] It was published in 2010, was short-listed for the BMO Winterset Award that year, and won the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2011.[3] His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]
In 2018 he served as a judge for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,[6] and for the CBC Short Story Prize.[7]
As an artist, Power is known primarily for a subversive spin on folk art forms, such as hooked rug art.[8] In 2008, he was nominated for the Sobey Art Award.
References
edit- ^ a b Joan Sullivan, "Perilous world depicted in ‘Skeet Love’". The Telegram, August 26, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
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