Anakana Schofield

Anakana Schofield
Born England
Occupation novelist
Nationality Irish/Canadian
Period 2010s-present
Notable works

Malarky

Martin John
Website
anakanaschofield.com

Anakana Schofield is an Irish-Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Amazon.ca First Novel Award[1] and the Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction[2] in 2013 for her debut novel Malarky. Born in England to an Irish mother, she lived in London and in Dublin, Ireland until moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1999.[3]

The novel was also a shortlisted nominee for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.[4] and a Barnes & Noble 2012 Discover Great New Writers pick.[5] Malarky was named on many Best Books of 2012 lists.

Martin John, her Giller Prize shortlisted second novel, was published in North America in Fall 2015 to wide critical acclaim including Editors' Choice in the New York Times.[6] The New York Times described the novel as "Deploying some serious literary gumption, Schofield’s frequently hilarious, and distinctly modernist, linguistic games are always gainfully employed in the uneasy, indelicate task of placing her reader nose to nose with the humanity of a sex offender — and a sex offender’s mother." [7] The New Yorker [8] described the novel as a "“Frenetic, risking-taking novel…Deliberately cryptic and bleakly funny” Publishers Weekly [9] called the book "an important and brilliantly unconventional work, offering a glimpse into a mind few can ever, or would ever want to, fully understand."

In the UK and Ireland, Australia, India, South Africa it was published in Feb 2016 by And Other Stories. Eileen Battersby hailed the novel in The Irish Times comparing it to Nabokov's Lolita and describing it as "a comic tour de force sustained by theatrical energy as well as linguistic and tonal cohesion. It should be adapted for stage; most comedians would donate their organs in exchange for a fraction of the gags, never mind Schofield’s assured timing." [10][11]

The novel was shortlisted for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[12] and the 2016 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.[13] Martin John was named on many Best Books of 2015 lists including #3 book on the National Post 99,[14] The Globe 100,[15] The Wall Street Journal,[16] The Toronto Star,[17] Toronto's NOW magazine,[18] CBC Books & more.[19]

Schofield has also been a literary critic, essayist and broadcaster, contributing to the London Review of Books Blog, The Globe and Mail, CBC Radio, The Guardian,[20] The Irish Times and the Vancouver Sun.[1]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 "Anakana Schofield’s Malarky wins First Novel Award". Toronto Star, April 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Winners of the 2013 Debut-litzer Prizes - Late Night Library". Late Night Library. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  3. ↑ "First time lucky". Quill & Quire, August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Schofield, Gaston highlight B.C. Book Prize nominees" Archived May 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.. National Post, March 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ .
  6. ↑ Editors' Choice New York Times Book Review .
  7. ↑ New York Times Book Review .
  8. ↑ "Briefly Noted". The New Yorker. 2016-01-11. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  9. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Martin John by Anakana Schofield. Biblioasis (Consortium, U.S. dist.; UTP, Canadian dist.), $15.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-77196-034-2". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  10. ↑ The Irish Times, Eileen Battersby .
  11. ↑ . "Globe and Mail, July 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Scotiabank Giller Prize | The Scotiabank Giller Prize presents its 2015 shortlist". Scotiabank Giller Prize. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  13. ↑ "BC Book Prize Finalists 2016".
  14. ↑ "The NP99: The best books of the year, vol. 4 (24-2)". National Post. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  15. ↑ "The Globe 100: The best books of 2015". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  16. ↑ "2015 in Fiction: The Year of the Doorstopper". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  17. ↑ "There were thousands of books released this year - here are the five our reviewers chose as the best.". The Toronto Star. 2015-11-23. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  18. ↑ "Top 10 Books of 2015". NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  19. ↑ "Best Books of 2015 listings".
  20. ↑ Schofield, Anakana (2013-07-25). "Anakana Schofield: publicising a novel - the problems". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-01-28.

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