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Jennifer Rouse Barbeau
Barry Grills
BIO
Biography

Born in Belleville, Ontario, Barry Grills began his writing career as a journalist. He has been a reporter, editor, columnist, broadcaster, and communications consultant. He began publishing short fiction in 1973, publishing stories in such literary publications as Grain, The University of Windsor Review, NeWest Review, Quarry Magazine, Best Canadian Stories, etc. A political and cultural activist, he was chair of The Book and Periodical Council from 2004 - 2007, as well as chair of TWUC from 2002 to 2003. A life membership in TWUC was awarded to him in May, 2019. He has also been a municipal councillor and a federal election candidate.  Married to writer Jennifer Rouse Barbeau, he currently lives and writes in North Bay, Ontario. His memoir Every Wolf's Howl appeared from Freehand Books October 1, 2012. Roadkill, a dystopian novel, appeared in November, 2017, the first of a series of self-published works under the imprint, Fluid Grouse Enterprises. Roadkill was a finalist in the 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, as well as the Whistler Independent Book Awards. Another novel, I And You, And Me And Her, appeared in June, 2018. Oblivion, awarded grants by the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council, appeared in November 2018. Too Late The Hunter appeared in June 2019. A collection of previously published, anthologized short stories, Cock-Eyed Voice, representing fifty years of literary fiction, appeared in 2020. His most recent novels include: The Last Light Spoken, published in 2022, An Ecstasy, 2023 and Infamy, launched in June 2024. Thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for subsistence grants for An Ecstasy and for Infamy.

ADDRESS
City: North Bay, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Fiction, Non-Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Infamy
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2024
Title
An Ecstasy
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2023
Title
The Last Light Spoken
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2022
Title
Cock-Eyed Voice: Stories
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2020
Title
Too Late The Hunter
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2019
Title
Oblivion
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2018
Title
I And You, And Me And Her
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2018
Title
Roadkill
Publisher
Fluid Grouse Enterprises
Year
2017
Title
Every Wolf's Howl
Publisher
Freehand Books
Year
2012
Title
Celine Dion: A New Day Dawns (with Jim Brown)
Publisher
Fox Music Books
Year
2004
Title
Celine Dion: Falling Into You
Publisher
Quarry Press
Year
1997
Title
Ironic: Alanis Morissette, The Story
Publisher
Quarry Press
Year
1997
Title
Snowbird: The Story Of Anne Murray
Publisher
Quarry Press
Year
1996
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Whistler Independent Book Awards - Finalist
Publication
Roadkill
Year
2018
Name
Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Finalist
Publication
Roadkill
Year
2018
Name
Alberta Book Awards - Editing
Publication
Every Wolf's Howl
Year
2013
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20-40
Intended Audience
adult
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Intended Audience
senior post secondary to post-secondary level
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