Craig Francis Power is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
writer and artist from
St. John's,
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
.
[Joan Sullivan]
"Perilous world depicted in ‘Skeet Love’"
'' The Telegram'', August 26, 2017.
His debut novel, ''
Blood Relatives
''Blood Relatives'' (original French title: ''Les Liens de sang'') is a 1978 Canadian-French mystery film directed by Claude Chabrol from a screenplay that he and Sydney Banks adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by Ed McBain. Set in Mon ...
'', won the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador's
Fresh Fish Award in 2007, and the
Percy Janes First Novel Award The Percy Janes First Novel Award is a Canadian literary award, presented through the provincial government's annual Arts and Letters Competition to an unpublished manuscript by a first-time novelist from Newfoundland and Labrador. The award is name ...
for unpublished manuscripts in 2008. It was published in 2010, was short-listed for the
BMO Winterset Award that year, and won the
ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". '' The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundl ...
for Fiction in 2011. His second novel, ''
The Hope'', was published in 2016, and was again a ReLit Award finalist. His third novel, ''
Skeet Love'', followed in 2017.
[
In 2018 he served as a judge for the ]Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
The Governor General's Award for English-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in English.[folk art
Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative. The makers of folk art are typically tr ...]
forms, such as hooked rug
Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a crochet-type hook mounted i ...
art."Craig Francis Power Puts Bad-Boy Spin on Folk Art"
''Canadian Art
Canadian art refers to the visual (including painting, photography, and printmaking) as well as plastic arts (such as sculpture) originating from the geographical area of contemporary Canada. Art in Canada is marked by thousands of years of hab ...
'', February 4, 2013. In 2008, he was nominated for the
Sobey Art Award The Sobey Art Award is Canada's largest prize for young Canadian artists. It is named after Canadian businessperson and art collector Frank H. Sobey, who established The Sobey Art Foundation. It is an annual prize given to an artist 40 and under who ...
.
References
21st-century Canadian artists
21st-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian novelists
Canadian male novelists
Canadian textile artists
Artists from Newfoundland and Labrador
Writers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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