Ray Robertson
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Ray Robertson | |
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 Ray Robertson at the 2013 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | Chatham, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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Ray Robertson is a Canadian novelist and contributing book reviewer at The Globe and Mail who lives in Toronto, Ontario. His work, "Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live," was short-listed for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction[1] and long-listed for the Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction.[2] "I Was There the Night He Died" was published in May 2014. In 2016, he published the non-fiction "Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)." In 2022, he published his newest novel, "Estates Large and Small".
His poetry collection The Old Man in the Mirror Isn't Me was shortlisted for the ReLit Award for poetry in 2021.[3]
Bibliography
Novels
- Home Movies. Cormorant Books, 1997.
- Heroes. Dundurn, 2000.
- Moody Food. Doubleday, 2002. Santa Fe Writers Project, 2006. Biblioasis, 2009. VLB, 2010.
- Gently Down the Stream. Cormorant Books, 2005.
- What Happened Later. Thomas Allen Publishers, 2007.
- David. Thomas Allen Publishers, 2009.
- I Was There the Night He Died. Biblioasis, 2014.
- 1979. Biblioasis, 2018.
- Estates Large and Small. Biblioasis, 2022.[4]
Non-fiction
- Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing. Insomniac Press, 2003.
- Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live. Biblioasis, 2011.
- Lives of the Poets (with Guitars). Biblioasis, 2016.
References
- ^ "Ray Robertson: Qualifications". National Post. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ John Barber. "Charles Taylor Prize unveils long list". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ "38 books shortlisted for 2021 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 19, 2021.
- ^ "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022". CBC Books, January 11, 2022.
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