Anakana Schofield

Anakana Schofield
Schofield in Vancouver, BC (2015)
Born England
Occupation novelist
Nationality Irish/Canadian
Period 2010s-present
Notable works

Malarky

Martin John
Website
anakanaschofield.com

Anakana Schofield is an Irish-Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Amazon.ca First Novel Award[1] and the Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction[2] in 2013 for her debut novel Malarky. Born in England to an Irish mother, she lived in London and in Dublin, Ireland until moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1999.[3] The novel was also a shortlisted nominee for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.[4]

Martin John, her second novel, was published in 2015. The novel was shortlisted for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize,[5] the 2016 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize,[6] the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize,[7] and the 2017 ReLit Award for fiction.[8] Her upcoming third novel, Bina, is centred on Our Woman’s best friend from her first book Malarky. [9]

Schofield has also been a literary critic, essayist and broadcaster, contributing to the London Review of Books Blog, The Globe and Mail, CBC Radio, The Guardian,[10] The Irish Times and the Vancouver Sun.[1]

Works

  • Malarky (2012, ISBN 978-1926845388)
  • Rereading the Riot Act And On (2013, ISBN 978-1-927394-10-6)
  • Martin John (2015, ISBN 9781771960342)

References

  1. 1 2 "Anakana Schofield’s Malarky wins First Novel Award". Toronto Star, April 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Winners of the 2013 Debut-litzer Prizes - Late Night Library". Late Night Library. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  3. ↑ "First time lucky". Quill & Quire, August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Schofield, Gaston highlight B.C. Book Prize nominees" Archived July 13, 2013, at Archive.is. National Post, March 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Giller short list highlights Heather O'Neill, Anakana Schofield, and André Alexis". National Post, October 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Alix Hawley, Anakana Schofield among B.C. Book Prize finalists". Quill & Quire, March 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Goldsmiths prize shortlists novels 'that break the mould'". The Guardian, September 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "2016 ReLit nominees announced". Quill & Quire, January 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ Berton House writer wrapping up, retrieved 2018-09-06
  10. ↑ Schofield, Anakana (2013-07-25). "Anakana Schofield: publicising a novel - the problems". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-01-28.



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