Barry Webster (writer)

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Barry Webster

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario

| occupation = novelist, short stories

| period = 2000s-present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = The Sound of All Flesh, The Lava in My Bones

| spouse =

| website = {{URL|https://www.barrywebster.ca/}}

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Barry Webster (born 1961)Publication data page in The Lava in My Bones. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012. {{ISBN|9781551524795}}. is a Canadian writer. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec.[http://www.writersfestival.org/authors/fall-2012/barry-webster Barry Webster] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923062353/http://www.writersfestival.org/authors/fall-2012/barry-webster |date=September 23, 2012 }} at the Ottawa International Writers Festival.

His short story collection The Sound of All Flesh won a ReLit Award in 2006,[http://canadaartsconnect.com/magazine/2013/02/an-interview-with-barry-webster/ "Nature, Magic Realism & Monty Python: An Interview with Barry Webster"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523093851/http://canadaartsconnect.com/magazine/2013/02/an-interview-with-barry-webster/ |date=2013-05-23 }}. Canada Arts Connect, February 7, 2013. and was a shortlisted nominee for the Hugh MacLennan Award. His short stories have also been shortlisted for the National Magazine Award.

His 2012 novel The Lava in My Bones was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award and the Lambda Literary Award."Barry Webster: The Lava in My Bones". All in a Weekend (CBME-FM), May 4, 2013.[http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/awards/rae-spoon-kamal-al-solaylee-among-canadian-lambda-nominees/ "Rae Spoon, Kamal Al-Solaylee among Canadian Lambda nominees"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106145430/http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/awards/rae-spoon-kamal-al-solaylee-among-canadian-lambda-nominees/ |date=2014-01-06 }}. Quill & Quire, March 6, 2013. In 2013 he was awarded an Honour of Distinction by the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, an award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada.[http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/06/27/c-e-gatchalian-wins-dayne-ogilvie-prize/ "C. E. Gatchalian wins Dayne Ogilvie Prize"] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130629085300/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/06/27/c-e-gatchalian-wins-dayne-ogilvie-prize/ |date=June 29, 2013 }}. National Post, June 27, 2013.

He was a featured speaker at the 2013 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/05/06/saints-and-sinners-literary-festival-10th-anniversary-edition/ "Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, 10th Anniversary Edition"]. Lambda Literary Foundation, May 6, 2013.

He has a B.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto, and an M.A. in creative writing from Concordia University. A classically trained pianist, he has two ARCTs from the Royal Conservatory of Music. He has also occasionally worked as an actor, including in a production of Sam Shepard's play Savage/Love and in a radio adaptation of his own short story "Enough".