Rick Maddocks (born 1970) is a Canadian author and singer/songwriter."Adam Lewis Schroeder: Rick Maddocks serves up a tasty dirge"
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National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with ...

'', July 30, 2010. Born in Wales, he moved to Canada with his family in the early 1980s. His short story collection ''Sputnik Diner'' (Random House, 2002) was nominated for the

Danuta Gleed Literary Award The Danuta Gleed Literary Award is a Canadian national literary prize, awarded since 1998. It recognizes the best debut short fiction collection by a Canadian author in English language. The annual prize was founded by John Gleed in honour of his ...

. Its first story, "Plane People", won '' Prairie Fires Long Fiction Competition as well as a Western Magazine Award, and "Lessons from the Sputnik Diner" was a shortlisted finalist for the

Journey Prize The Journey Prize (officially called The Writers' Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best short story published by a ...

."Elyse Gasco wins Journey Prize with grim tale about child abuse". ''

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'', October 27, 1996. He was the editor of the literary magazine ''Event'', published by

Douglas College Douglas College is the largest public degree-granting college institution in British Columbia, Canada. Close to 17,000 credit students, 8,500 continuing education students and 4,210 international students are enrolled here. Douglas College o ...

, from 2006 to September 2010. Maddocks is the leader of

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. Th ...

jazz/pop quintet The Beige. The band have released two albums, ''01'' (2006) and ''El Ángel Exterminador'' (2010).

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