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Richard Scarsbrook
BIO
Biography

Richard Scarsbrook is the author of ten books, including the 2022 ReLit Award finalist The Troupers, The Indifference League, the National Post Bestseller Rockets Versus Gravity, and the OLA White Pine Award winner The Monkeyface Chronicles.

His short stories and poems have appeared in nearly one hundred international publications, including The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Reed, Descant, Existere, Prairie Fire, and NeWest Review.

His first produced screenplay, Royal Blood, was an official selection at many international film festivals, and won Best Short Film at the TIFF-associated Milton Film Festival.

He has served as Writer in Residence for the Toronto District School Board, and the Orangeville, Richmond Hill, and the Toronto Public Libraries. He also teaches creative writing at George Brown College and The Humber School for Writers.

You can find out more about Richard’s writing adventures at  www.richardscarsbrook.com .

ADDRESS
City: Toronto, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Cheeseburger Subversive
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Year
2003
Title
Featherless Bipeds
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Year
2006
Title
Destiny's Telescope
Publisher
Turnstone Press
Year
2006
Title
The Monkeyface Chronicles
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Year
2010
Title
Nothing Man and The Purple Zero
Publisher
DCB / Cormorant Books
Year
2013
Title
Six Weeks
Publisher
Turnstone Press
Year
2013
Title
The Indifference League
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2014
Title
Rockets Versus Gravity
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2016
Title
Apocalypse One Hundred
Publisher
Turnstone Press
Year
2017
Title
The Troupers
Publisher
Cormorant Books
Year
2021
AWARDS
Awards
Name
FINALIST, ReLit Award, for The Troupers
Year
2022
Name
WINNER, Gold Award - Best Local Author, The Toronto Star Reader’s Choice Awards
Year
2020
Name
WINNER, Best Short Film, Allegra Audience Choice Award, Milton Film Festival, for Royal Blood
Year
2020
Name
FINALIST, Descant/Winston Collins Prize for Best Canadian Poem, for “Fortune”
Year
2013
Name
WINNER, Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award, for The Monkeyface Chronicles
Year
2011
Name
WINNER of the Matrix LitPop Award, for the story “Bankrupt”
Year
2009
Name
FINALIST, Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book Award, Featherless Bipeds
Year
2006
Name
FINALIST, Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award, Cheeseburger Subversive
Year
2005
Name
FINALIST, Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book Award, Cheeseburger Subversive
Year
2005
Name
FINALIST, the Stellar Book Award, Cheeseburger Subversive
Year
2005
Name
WINNER, Lawrence House Centre for the Arts Short Story Competition, “The Twilight Girl”
Year
2002
Name
WINNER of the New Orphic Short Story Contest, for "Sky and Earth"
Year
2001
Name
WINNER of the Scarborough Arts Council's Poetry Competition, for "Stop", and "High Diver"
Year
2001
Name
WINNER, Backwater Review's Hinterland Award for Prose, for "Benjamin's Aliens"
Year
1998
Name
WINNER, Cranberry Tree Press Poetry Chapbook Competition, for Guessing at Madeline
Year
1998
LINKS
Links
Website
Facebook
Twitter
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
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Any
Presentation Genre
Fiction, Poetry
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Workshop details
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Any
Intended Audience
Adult, Teen, Middle Grade
Workshop Length
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Workshop Description
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Workshop Fee(s)
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School presentation details
Audience Size
Any
Intended Audience
Adult, Teen, Middle Grade
Presentation Length
Negotiable
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Negotiable based on audience / institutional needs.

Presentation Fee(s)
Negotiable
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
Yes
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
Yes