Fawn Parker
Illustration — Parker at the Ottawa International Writers Festival in 2022 Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer from New Brunswick.
Fawn Parker
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- Born
- 1994
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- novelist · writer · poet
- Honours
- Atlantic Poetry Prize
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Parker at the Ottawa International Writers Festival in 2022 Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer from New Brunswick.
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Parker's novel What We Both Know was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize. Her essay "The Prescription" appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine and was a finalist for the 2023 National Magazine Awards. In 2020, her short story "FEED MACHINE" was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Her poem "Woof" was shortlisted for a 2024 National Magazine Award. Parker holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Toronto and is studying at the University of New Brunswick to obtain her Ph.D. Her published works include the short story collection Looking Good and Having a Good Time (2015), the poetry collection Weak Spot (2018), the novels Set-Point (ARP 2019) and Dumb-Show (ARP 2021), her novel What We Both Know (McClelland & Stewart, 2022), and the poetry collection Soft Inheritance (Palimpsest 2023) which won both a 2024 New Brunswick Book Award and a 2024 Atlantic Book Award. Her latest novel Hi, it's me was released by McClelland & Stewart in September 2024 and was a finalist for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize. It is currently a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. Parker is the 2024-2026 Poet Laureate of the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Novels
Novels
• Set-Point. ARP Books, 2019.. • Dumb-Show. ARP Books, 2021.. • What We Both Know. McClelland & Stewart, 2022.. • Hi, It's Me. McClelland & Stewart, 2024.. • Shut-in Magic. McClelland & Stewart. 2027.
Essays
Essays
• "The Prescription." Maisonneuve Magazine, 2022.
Story Collections
Story Collections
• Looking Good and Having a Good Time. Metatron Press, 2015..
Poetry Collections
Poetry Collections
• Soft Inheritance. Palimpsest Press, 2023..
Fawn Parker at the Ottawa International Writers Festival in 2022
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Awards
• Year — Work — Prize — Result — Ref • 2020 — "Feed Machine" — Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize — Shortlist • 2022 — What We Both Know — Scotiabank Giller Prize — Longlist • 2023 — "The Prescription" — National Magazine Award — Shortlist • 2024 — Soft Inheritance — New Brunswick Book Awards Fiddlehead Poetry Prize — Won • 2024 — Soft Inheritance — Atlantic Book Awards JM Abraham Poetry Prize — Won • 2024 — "Woof" — National Magazine Award — Shortlist • 2024 — Hi, It's Me — Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize — Shortlist • 2025 — Hi, It's Me — Governor General's Literary Award — Finalist
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