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Galen Bullard
paulo da costa
BIO
Biography

Born in Angola, and raised in Portugal, paulo da costa is a writer, editor and translator living in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies (Moh’kins’tsis / Calgary, Alberta). He is thrice the recipient of the James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction (2024, 2023 and 2020), the 2024 Outstanding Calgary Artist Award, as well as the 2003 Commonwealth First Book Prize for the Canada-Caribbean Region, the W. O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize and the Canongate Prize for short-fiction. His poetry, fiction and non-fiction have been published widely in literary magazines around the world and translated into Italian, Spanish, Serbian, Slovenian and Portuguese.

Trust the Bluer Skies: Meditations on Fatherhood, a book of creative non-fiction, was published in 2024 with University of Regina Press.

ADDRESS
City: Calgary, Province/Territory: Alberta
EMAIL
GENRE
Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry, Translator
LANGUAGES
English, Portuguese
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Trust the Bluer Skies: Meditations on Fatherhood
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Year
2024
Title
The Midwife of Torment & Other Stories - 60 sudden fictions
Publisher
Guernica Editions
Year
2017
Title
The Scent of a Lie - short stories
Publisher
Livros Pé d'Orelha
Year
2012
Title
Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey: The Architecture of a Multicultural Identity
Publisher
Boavista Press
Year
2015
Title
The Green and Purple Skin of The World
Publisher
Freehand Books
Year
2013
Title
The Cartography of Being - Selected Poems of Nuno Judice
Publisher
Livros Pé d'Orelha
Year
2012
Title
O Perfume da Mentira
Publisher
Livros Pé d'Orelha
Year
2012
Title
New Writing 14 - Anthology
Publisher
Granta
Year
2006
Title
notas-de-rodapé - poemas
Publisher
Livros Pé d'Orelha
Year
2005
AWARDS
Awards
Name
James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
Publication
Alberta Writers Guild
Year
2023
Name
James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
Publication
Alberta Writers Guild
Year
2020
Name
Commonwealth Writers Prize - Best First Book, Canada & Caribbean Region for The Scent of a Lie
Year
2003
Name
W. O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize for The Scent of a Lie
Year
2002
Name
Canongate Short-Fiction Prize (Scotland) for Hell´s Mouth Bay
Publication
Canongate Books
Year
2001
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Any
Presentation Genre
Fiction, Creative Non-fiction
Presentation Length
Flexible to the required needs
Presentation Description
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Presentation Fee(s)
To be discussed
Workshop details
Workshop Description
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School presentation details
Audience Size
Flexible
Intended Audience
Grade 6+
Presentation Length
Flexible
Presentation Description
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Presentation Fee(s)
To be discussed
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:
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Yes