ReLit Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 2 (2002) Winner
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Edition 7 (2007) Winner
Bill Gaston
ビル・ガストン
Biru Gasuton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-01-14 （Tacoma, Washington）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Winnipeg, Manitoba → Toronto, Ontario → North Vancouver, British Columbia → Victoria, British Columbia
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, playwright, short story writer, university professor, logger, salmon fishing guide, group home worker, hockey player
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Victoria
- Nominations
- Giller Prize nomination (Mount Appetite, 2002), Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize nomination (Mount Appetite, 2002), ReLit Award nomination (Sointula, 2004), Governor General's Award nomination (Gargoyles, 2006), Governor General's Award nomination (Juliet Was a Surprise, 2014)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of British Columbia | — | — | three degrees | — | Canada |
University of British Columbia
Degree:
three degrees
Country:
Canada
Three degrees. Played varsity hockey for the UBC Thunderbirds.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ethel Wilson Prize | The World | fiction | BC Book Prizes | winner |
| 2006 | Victoria Book Prize | Gargoyles | — | — | winner |
| 2006 | ReLit Award | Gargoyles | — | — | winner |
| 2003 | Timothy Findley Award | — | body of work | — | winner |
Ethel Wilson Prize
2012
Work:
The World
Category:
fiction
Organization:
BC Book Prizes
Result:
winner
Victoria Book Prize
2006
Work:
Gargoyles
Result:
winner
ReLit Award
2006
Work:
Gargoyles
Result:
winner
Timothy Findley Award
2003
Category:
body of work
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The World
2012 novelThe Order of Good Cheer
2008 novelSointula
2004 novelThe Good Body
2000 novelGargoyles
2006 short storiesMount Appetite
2002 short storiesBibliography
- Tall Lives (1990)
- The Cameraman (1994)
- Bella Combe Journal (1996)
- The Good Body (2000)
- Sointula (2004)
- The Order of Good Cheer (2008)
- The World (2012)
- Deep Cove Stories (1989)
- North of Jesus' Beans (1994)
- Sex is Red (1998)
- Mount Appetite (2002)
- Gargoyles (2006)
- Juliet Was a Surprise (2014)
- A Mariner's Guide to Self-Sabotage (2017)
- Inviting Blindness (1995, poetry)
- Yardsale (1994, drama)
- Midnight Hockey (2006, non-fiction)
- Just Let Me Look At You: On Fatherhood (2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- gentle, humorous, absurd, beautiful, spiritual, dark and sexy
Legacy
Elevated into the leading ranks of Canadian authors. Writing is gentle, humorous, absurd, beautiful, spiritual, dark and sexy. Deserves company of Findley, Atwood, Munro.
Archives
- Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
Quotes
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Given Gaston's body of work, he merits elevation into the leading ranks of Canadian authors. His writing is gentle, humorous, absurd, beautiful, spiritual, dark and sexy.
Source: Globe & Mail (1999) (1999) -
The Good Body is a winning, moving book filled with an achy humanity and rueful, well-earned humor.
Source: Thomas McGuane
Trivia
- He lied about his birthplace, as reported in Maclean's.
- Son Connor Gaston is a filmmaker.
- Married to writer Dede Crane.