Kevin Hardcastle
{{short description|Canadian fiction writer (born 1980)}}
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| birth_date = August 8, 1980
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| occupation = novelist, short stories
| period = 2010s-present
| nationality = Canadian
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| notableworks = Debris
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Kevin Hardcastle (born August 8, 1980) is a Canadian fiction writer, whose debut short story collection Debris won the Trillium Book Award in 2016{{cite web | last=Medley | first=Mark | title=Kevin Hardcastle's Debris wins 2016 Trillium Book Award | website=The Globe and Mail | date=22 June 2016 | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/indie-publishers-dominate-the-2016-trillium-book-awards/article30559435/ | accessdate=8 July 2016}} and the ReLit Award for Short Fiction in 2017.[http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/03/carellin-brooks-kevin-hardcastle-and-sue-goyette-win-2016-relit-awards.html "Carellin Brooks, Kevin Hardcastle and Sue Goyette win 2016 ReLit Awards"]. CBC Books, March 9, 2017. The collection, published by Biblioasis in 2015,[http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/jacked-up-myths-for-working-stiffs-kevin-hardcastles-debris-reviewed "Jacked up myths for working stiffs: Kevin Hardcastle’s Debris, reviewed"]. National Post, October 16, 2015. was also shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2016/05/10/awards-writers-union-of-canada-announces-danuta-gleed-shortlist/ "Awards: Writers’ Union of Canada announces Danuta Gleed shortlist"]. Quill & Quire, May 10, 2016. and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and was named a best book of the year by Quill and Quire.
Early life and education
Writing career
His short story "To Have to Wait" was a finalist for the 2012 Journey Prize,[http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/the-writers-trust-conversations-kevin-hardcastle-and-tamas-dobozy "The Writers’ Trust Conversations: Kevin Hardcastle and Tamas Dobozy"]. National Post, November 7, 2012. a prize awarded to the best short story by an emerging Canadian writer. His story "Old Man Marchuk" was included in the Journey Prize Anthology in 2014,{{cite web | title=PRISM's good news! | website=PRISM international | date=2 October 2014 | url=http://prismmagazine.ca/2014/10/02/prisms-good-news/ | accessdate=8 July 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and later in Best Canadian Stories 15. His writing has also appeared in publications including Word Riot, subTerrain, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, The New Quarterly, Prism International, Event, Joyland, Shenandoah and The Walrus.
His first novel, In the Cage, was published by Biblioasis in September 2017.{{Cite book|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34145962-in-the-cage|title=In the Cage|website=Goodreads|isbn=978-1-77196-147-9 |oclc=971600153 |access-date=2017-02-11}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian short story writers
Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:Canadian male novelists
Category:Canadian male short story writers
Category:People from Midland, Ontario
Category:University of Toronto alumni
Category:Alumni of Cardiff University
Category:21st-century Canadian male writers