Ian Williams (writer)

Ian Williams (born 17 June 1979) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.

Williams is the author of Personals (poems, 2012), which was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize[1] and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award.[2] His collection of short stories, Not Anyone's Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[3] His first book of poetry, You Know Who You Are, was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards.[4]

Williams earned Honours B.Sc., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto. He is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia, as well as a trustee of the The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry.[5]

His debut novel, Reproduction, was published in 2019,[6] and was awarded the 2019 Giller Prize.[7] It was also shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon.ca First Novel Award,[8] and the 2019 Toronto Book Awards.[9]

Books

References
  1. Medley, Mark, "Ian Williams: Poet seeking reader". National Post, June 7, 2013.
  2. Andrew, Suzanne Alyssa, "Poet Ian Williams experiments with structure to tell a classic love story". Quill & Quire, January 2019.
  3. "Ian Williams wins $10K prize for debut story collection". CBC News, June 7, 2012.
  4. "2013 ReLit Shortlists". ReLit Awards, November 22, 2013.
  5. Griffin Poetry Prize / About / Trustees
  6. "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
  7. "Ian Williams wins the 2019 Scotiabank Giller prize for debut novel". CBC News. November 18, 2019.
  8. Dundas, Deborah, "Tanya Tagaq, Ian Williams among finalists for $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award". Toronto Star, April 26, 2019.
  9. Ryan Porter (June 19, 2019). "Twelve titles longlisted for Toronto Book Award". Quill & Quire. Retrieved June 29, 2019.


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