Sharon Bala
Sharon Bala | |
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![]() Bala at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2018 | |
Born | Dubai, UAE |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater |
Queen's University University of Toronto |
Notable awards | Journey Prize (2017) |
Sharon Bala (born April 3, 1979) is a Canadian writer residing in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]
Her debut novel, The Boat People, was published by McClelland and Stewart in January 2018.[2] The book was selected for the 2018 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by Mozhdah Jamalzadah.[3] It also won the 2015 Percy Janes First Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts,[4] was a finalist for the 2018 amazon.ca First Novel Award,[5] and was shortlisted for the 2015 Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers.[6]
Bala was the winner of the 2017 Journey Prize for her short story "Butter Tea at Starbucks",[7] and was longlisted for the 2017 National Magazine Award for fiction for her short story "Miloslav".[8] Her short fiction has appeared in Hazlitt, Grain, The Dalhousie Review, Riddle Fence, Room, Prism International and The New Quarterly, and in an anthology called Racket: New Writing From Newfoundland.[9]
Awards
- 2015 Percy Janes First Novel Award for The Boat People
- 2017 Journey Prize for "Butter Tea at Starbucks," published in The New Quarterly[7]
Bibliography
- The Boat People (2018)
References
- ↑ "Story is a Partnership: Interview with Sharon Bala". Prism International. December 18, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ↑ "How Pier 21 in Halifax helped inspire Sharon Bala to write 'The Boat People'". CTV News. March 7, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Meet the Canada Reads 2018 contenders". CBC Books, January 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Author Sharon Bala launches first novel “The Boat People” in St. John's Thursday night". The Telegram, January 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Sharon Bala, Omar El Akkad among finalists for $40K Amazon.ca First Novel Award". CBC Books, April 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Eva Crocker, Sharon Bala, and Susie Taylor Shortlisted for the $5,000 Fresh Fish Award". The Overcast. October 9, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- 1 2 "Hilary Weston Writers' Trust award winners announced at Toronto gala". The Globe and Mail. November 14, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ↑ "National Magazine Awards: Fiction".
- ↑ "Lisa Moore writing students create Racket". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador. October 20, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2018.