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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 international publications such as The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Reed, Descant, Existere, Prairie Fire, and NeWest Review, amongst many others.

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
Name
ReLit Award
Name
for The Troupers
Year
2022
Name
WINNER
Name
Gold Award - Best Local Author
Name
The Toronto Star Reader’s Choice Awards
Year
2020
Name
WINNER
Name
Best Short Film
Name
Allegra Audience Choice Award
Name
Milton Film Festival
Name
for Royal Blood
Year
2020
Name
FINALIST
Name
Descant/Winston Collins Prize for Best Canadian Poem
Name
for “Fortune”
Year
2013
Name
WINNER
Name
Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award
Name
for The Monkeyface Chronicles
Year
2011
Name
WINNER of the Matrix LitPop Award
Name
for the story “Bankrupt”
Year
2009
Name
FINALIST
Name
Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book Award
Name
Featherless Bipeds
Year
2006
Name
FINALIST
Name
Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award
Name
Cheeseburger Subversive
Year
2005
Name
FINALIST
Name
Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book Award
Name
Cheeseburger Subversive
Year
2005
Name
FINALIST
Name
the Stellar Book Award
Name
Cheeseburger Subversive
Year
2005
Name
WINNER
Name
Lawrence House Centre for the Arts Short Story Competition
Name
“The Twilight Girl”
Year
2002
Name
WINNER of the New Orphic Short Story Contest
Name
for "Sky and Earth"
Year
2001
Name
WINNER of the Scarborough Arts Council's Poetry Competition
Name
for "Stop"
Name
and "High Diver"
Year
2001
Name
WINNER
Name
Backwater Review's Hinterland Award for Prose
Name
for "Benjamin's Aliens"
Year
1998
Name
WINNER
Name
Cranberry Tree Press Poetry Chapbook Competition
Name
for Guessing at Madeline
Year
1998
LINKS
Links
Website
Facebook
Twitter
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Any
Presentation Genre
Fiction, Poetry
Presentation Length
Negotiable
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Negotiable based on audience / institutional needs.

Presentation Fee(s)
Negotiable
Workshop details
Audience Size
Any
Intended Audience
Adult, Teen, Middle Grade
Workshop Length
Negotiable
Workshop Description
Workshop description

Negotiable based on audience / institutional needs.

Workshop Fee(s)
Negotiable
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