Rosemary Nixon
Rosemary Nixon is a Canadian author and novelist. Her stories have appeared in Canadian literary magazines and in anthologies.[1]
Rosemary Nixon | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, Writer |
Website | www |
Biography
Nixon has lived in Belgium, France, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Spain. She has worked as a freelance consultant, teaching creative writing to classroom teachers.[2]
Nixon has worked as a writer-in-residence across Canada. She was awarded the 1996-97 Canadian Writer-in-Residency for the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Programme at the University of Calgary, Alberta. She served as Writer-in Residence at the University of Windsor, Ontario in 2010-2011. In 2011, Nixon was a judge for the CBC Short Story Prize.[2] She was The Canadian Author Association Writer-in-Residence for Southern Alberta in the autumn of 2012. She was Writer-in-Residence at the Saskatoon Public Library, Saskatchewan in 2013-2014. She has the position of Writer-in-Residence at Calgary's Memorial Park Library for the autumn term of 2014.[3]
Bibliography
- Are you ready to be Lucky? (2013)
- Kalila (2011)
- The Cock’s Egg (1994)
- Mostly Country (1991)[4]
Awards and honours
Her collection Mostly Country was shortlisted for the Howard O’Hagan Award. Her collection The Cock’s Egg won the Howard O’Hagan Award. Her novel Kalila was shortlisted for the Georges Bugnet Award.[1]
References
- Rosemary, Nixon. "Rosemary Nixon-Biography". rosemarynixon.com. Rosemary Nixon. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- "Canada Writes - Meet the reader: Rosemary Nixon". cbc.ca. CBC/Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- "Writing Away with Rosemary Nixon: Rosemary's Profile". rosemarynixon.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- Nixon, Rosemary. "Rosemary Nixon - Books". rosemarynixon.com. Rosemary Nixon. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2015.