Education
MFA (2015), Creative Writing, University of British Columbia.
Diploma (2012), Fiction, The Humber School for Writers.
B.Ed. (2005), English, Physical Education, Brock University.
BA (Hons) (2001), English, www.亚洲色.
Courses
- Writing Fiction (ENG-303)
- Senior Writing Project (ENG-403)
- Writing Creative Nonfiction (ENG-307)
- Creative Writing I: Essential Tools and Strategies (ENG-203)
www.亚洲色
Brent van Staalduinen is an award-winning novelist and writer of short stories. He has received Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation grants in 2018, 2020, and 2023 as well as Ontario Arts Council Works in Progress grants in 2017 and 2019. He is also the recipient of numerous Ontario Arts Council Recommender/Writers Reserve grants and is a member of the Writers鈥 Union of Canada.
Research Interests
- 贵颈肠迟颈辞苍听
- Creative Nonfiction聽
Creative Works
Books
SHOULD WE EVER SPEAK: a novel. Thistledown Press, forthcoming Spring 2026.
DO NOT COUNT THE DAYS: a thriller. At Bay Press, forthcoming September 2026.
UNTHINKABLE: a novel. At Bay Press, February 2024. ISBN 9781998779246.
CUT ROAD: stories. Guernica Editions, June 1, 2022. ISBN 9781771837255. Nominated for the 2023 reLit Award.
NOTHING BUT LIFE: a novel. Dundurn Press, February 16, 2021. ISBN 9781459746183. Nominated for the 2022 White Pine Award.
BOY: a novel. Dundurn Press, September 26, 2020. ISBN 9781459745889. Winner of the 2021 Kerry Schooley Book Award.
SAINTS, UNEXPECTED: a novel. Invisible Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9781926743721. Shortlisted for the 2017 Kerry Schooley Book Award. Shortlisted for the 2017 Hamilton Arts Council Fiction Award.
Stories
鈥淭he Echoes are all Mine.鈥 The New Quarterly #158. May 2021. Fiction. Canada.
鈥淕one Supernova.鈥 The New Quarterly #149. January 2019. Creative nonfiction. Canada.
鈥淏ayfront.鈥 The New Quarterly #148. July 2018. Fiction. Canada.聽
鈥淒rift, Maybe Fall.鈥 subTerrain Magazine. Winter 2017. Short fiction. Canada. Winner of the Lush Triumphant Literary Award.
鈥淭hose Days Just a Glimmer.鈥 The Fiddlehead. Fall 2017. Short fiction. Canada.
鈥#BecauseSocial.鈥 The Writer Magazine. July 2017. Creative nonfiction. USA.
鈥淧ieces of Echo.鈥 The Writer Magazine. March 2017. Short fiction. USA. Winner of The Writer Magazine鈥檚 鈥淥ur Darkest Hours鈥 Fiction Prize.
鈥淐ut Road.鈥 Riddle Fence 24. Fall 2016. Short fiction. Canada. Nominated for the 2017 McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.
鈥淏arton Walkup.鈥 Prairie Fire Magazine 37.2. July 2016. Short fiction. Canada.
鈥淭wo Barbers.鈥 The Sycamore Review 27.2. July 2016. Creative nonfiction. USA.
鈥淪kinks.鈥 The Fiddlehead. June 2016. Short fiction. Canada. Winner of the 2015 Fiddlehead Best Short Story Award.
鈥淲ashed (Or, the Cleanest I Might Ever Be).鈥 The Puritan. July 2016. Creative nonfiction. Canada. Longlisted for the 2015 CBC Canada Writes Creative Nonfiction Competition.
鈥淵ou鈥檒l See the Sky.鈥 The New Quarterly #137. January 2016. Creative nonfiction. Canada. Honourable Mention for the 2017 Short Works Prize.
鈥淎 Week on the Water.鈥 The Bristol Prize Anthology 8. October 2015. Short fiction. UK. Winner of the聽 2015 Bristol Short Story Prize.
鈥淒eclination.鈥 The Prairie Journal. July 2015. Short fiction. Canada. Nominated for the 2016 McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Honourable Mention in The Masters Review 2015 short fiction contest.
鈥淨om.鈥 EVENT Magazine 43.3. January 2015. Short fiction. Canada. Longlisted for the 2014 CBC Canada Writes Short Story Competition.
鈥淭he Heat Comes Early this Year.鈥 Litro. December 2014. Creative nonfiction. UK.
鈥淔airly Traded.鈥 The New Quarterly, July 2014. Fiction. Canada. Honourable Mention for the 2014 Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award.
鈥淔inding Iraq.鈥 The New Quarterly. July 2014. Creative nonfiction. Canada. Recommended for Best New Writer category at the 2014 National Magazine Awards. Finalist for the Edna Staebler Award for Nonfiction. Honourable Mention for the 2015 Short Works Prize.
鈥淢om 2 Mom.鈥 The Dalhousie Review. Summer 2014. Fiction. Canada. Winner of the 2015 Short Works Prize.
Awards and Certifications聽
The Kerry Schooley Book Award
The Bristol Short Story Prize
The Fiddlehead Best Short Story Award聽
The Lush Triumphant Literary Award
The Writer Magazine鈥檚 Our Darkest Hour Prize
The Short Works Prize