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| Name | Paul Butler |
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| Business Name | HB Creativity |
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| Location | Lelthbridge, Alberta |
| Biography | Paul Butler is the author of nine novels, the most recent of which is The Good Doctor (2014, Pennywell). His next scheduled novel, The Widowês Fire, is an exploration of the shadow side of Jane Austenês final novel, Persuasion. This has been accepted by Inanna Publications (York University, Toronto). Butlerês work has appeared on the judgesê lists of Canada Reads, the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards shortlists, and he was on the Relit Longlist for three consecutive years. Between 2003 and 2008 he won in the annual Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Awards four times and was subsequently invited to be first literary representative and then chair on the Arts and Letters committee. Butler has written extensively for magazines and newspapers over the years, writing a number of features and cover stories for Canada's History, book reviews for the Globe and Mail, and other publications. As a writing workshop leader and mentor he has worked through the Division of Lifelong learning at Memorial University (St. Johnês), the English Department at Memorial, Community Education (Grenfell Campus), The Writersê Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (Mentorship Program), and he was invited to present on his 2006 novel NaGeira and run workshops on time-shifts and layered narratives for the Canadian Authorsê Association in Toronto. His roster of clients includes several prize-winning novelists who continue to use his services on a regular basis. He holds an annual contest, The Instant Hook Writing Contest, on his website www.paulbutlernovelist.wordpress.com |
| Publications | The Widowês Fire (novel) Inanna Publications, Toronto, (in press for 2017) The Good Doctor (novel) Flanker Press, St. Johnês (2014) Titanic Ashes (novel) Pennywell Books, St. Johnês (2012) Cupids (novel) Flanker Press, St. Johnês (2010), 183 pages Hero (novel) Nimbus, Halifax (2009) 1982 (novel) Flanker, St. Johnês (2008) St. Johnês: City of Fire (non-fiction) Flanker Press, St. Johnês (2007) NaGeira (novel) Pennywell Books, (2006) Eastonês Gold (novel) Flanker Press, St. Johnês, (2005) Easton (novel) Flanker Press, St. Johnês (2004) Stokerês Shadow (novel) Flanker Press, St. Johnês (2003) The Surrogate Spirit (novel) Jesperson Publishing (now Breakwater Books), St. Johnês, (2000) |
| Awards | « Relit long-list 3 consecutive years, 2009, 2010, 2011 « Winner in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Awards four times between 2003 and 2008 (retired from the competition in 2009 to become chair of the Arts and Letters Committee) « Shortlisted for the Newfoundland and Labrador 2004 Book Awards « NaGeira (2006) listed on jurorês Canada Reads shortlist |
| Experience | Designed and delivered writing workshops for Memorial University's English Faculty, Division of Lifelong Learning and Office of Engagement. Designed and delivered writing workshops for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador's Innovation and Rural Development. Designed and delivered writing workshops on specific topics (i.e. author intrusion and layered narratives) for numerous writers' organizations. Edited extensively for trade and academic publishers. Alumni of the Professional Screenwriting Program, The Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, 2001. Screenwriting Residency, Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, 2000. English as a Second Language, International Learning Centres, Edinburgh, 1993. BA (Hons), Leicester University, UK, Combined Sudies, Major English Literature, 1986. |
| Memberships | The Writers' Union of Canada The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador |
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