Craig Francis Power

Craig Francis Power is a Canadian writer and artist from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

His debut novel, Blood Relatives, won the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador's Fresh Fish Award in 2007, and the Percy Janes First Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2008.[2] It was published in 2010, was short-listed for the BMO Winterset Award that year, and won the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2011.[3] His second novel, The Hope, was published in 2016,[4] and was again a ReLit Award finalist.[5] His third novel, Skeet Love, followed in 2017.[1]

In 2018 he served as a judge for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,[6] and for the CBC Short Story Prize.[7]

As an artist, Power is known primarily for a subversive spin on folk art forms, such as hooked rug art.[8] In 2008, he was nominated for the Sobey Art Award.

References
  1. Joan Sullivan, "Perilous world depicted in ‘Skeet Love’". The Telegram, August 26, 2017.
  2. "Power's powerful debut lives up to hype". The Telegram, September 24, 2010.
  3. "Burgess, Couture among ReLit winners". Quill & Quire, October 24, 2011.
  4. Brett Josef Grubisic, "Rollicking Newfoundland road trip offers lessons about hope". Toronto Star, November 27, 2016.
  5. "Zoe Whittall, Jordan Abel among writers shortlisted for ReLit Awards". CBC Books, May 21, 2018.
  6. "Here are the winners of the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, November 9, 2018.
  7. "27 writers make 2018 CBC Short Story Prize longlist". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
  8. "Craig Francis Power Puts Bad-Boy Spin on Folk Art". Canadian Art, February 4, 2013.


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