1 Mark Anthony Jarman 76 Waterloo Row Fredericton, NB E3B 1Y9 Telephone: (506) 206 -2424 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION M.F.A., 1983 University of Iowa, Writers’ Workshop, awarded Research Assistantship and Teaching Assistantship B.A., 1980 University of Victoria, Double Major in English and Creative Writing, awarded President’s Scholarship, graduated First Class With Distinction HONOURS A.S. Byatt chose my collection 19 Knives as a book of the year in The Guardian (UK) I was commissioned to write a web-story for Canada Code and the Cultural Olympiad, a component of Vancouver’s 2010 Olympic Games Invited to read at The Distinguished Lecture Series in Canadian Studies, University College Dublin; the Seamus Heaney Centre for Writing, Belfast; the Canadian Embassy, Rome; the University of Alberta; York University; McGill University; the West Cork Literary Festival; Sheffield Hallam University; Manchester Central Library; and the Cork World Book Festival (2008-2013) and Harbourfront’s International Festival of Authors (2000) Subject of the TV show Past Lives, broadcast on Global TV and based on my travel book, Ireland’s Eye Included in Amazon.ca’s list of 50 Essential Canadian Books of All Time Winner of Prairie Fire’s Fiction Contest, 2013 Winner of SubTerrain Magazine’s Creative Nonfiction Contest, 2011 Winner of Prairie Fire’s Fiction Contest, 2011 Winner of the Jack Hodgins Founders’ Award for Fiction, 2008 Winner of Prairie Fire and MacNally Robinson Bookseller’s Prize in Nonfiction, 2006 Subject of Conference Presentation at the International Short Story Association, Little Rock Arkansas, 2012, and the British Association for Canadian Studies, 2006 1 Finalist in 2005 National Magazine Awards (Sports Writing Category) Panelist at Associated Writing Programs’ AGM in Vancouver, BC, 2005 Winner of Geist Magazine’s inaugural Postcard Story Contest, 2004 Finalist for an American Independent Publishers’ Award for Ireland’s Eye, 2003 Co-winner of the Grand Prize in Prism International’s Short Fiction Contest, 2002 Winner of Gold in the 2001 National Magazine Awards (Essay Category) Winner of the inaugural ReLit Award in 2001 (Short Fiction Category) Winner of Prism International’s Maclean-Hunter Prize in Creative Non-Fiction in 2000 and 2001 Cited in Best American Essays (Notable Essays of 2000) Short-listed for the 1999 O. Henry Award Winner of Event Magazine’s 1999 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Winner of Playwrights Union of Canada 1997/1998 International Monologue Competition Fellow at Yaddo artists’ colony, Saratoga Springs, New York Residency at The Banff Centre’s Cultural Journalism Program with editors Barbara Moon and Michael Ignatieff Nominated seven times and short-listed twice for the $10,000 Journey Prize Included in 97: Best Canadian Stories, 98: Best Canadian Stories, 02: Best Canadian Stories, 04: Best Canadian Stories, 06: Best Canadian Stories, 08: Best Canadian Stories, 2011: Best Canadian Stories; Modern Stories in English (2001); and Open Country: Canadian Literature in English (2008) Finalist for National Magazine Awards and Western Magazine Awards in Personal Journalism, Travel, Sports Writing, Humor, and Fiction Nominated four times for The Pushcart Prize (USA) 2 CBC Literary Awards finalist in 1998, 1999, and 2009 Writing grants from Canada Council, ArtsNB, Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts, Alberta Culture, and B.C.’s Cultural Services Howard O’Hagan Award for fiction from Writers’ Guild of Alberta Edmonton Journal Literary Award Listed in Canadian Who’s Who and Encyclopedia of Canadian Literature Positive reviews of my work in The Guardian (UK), Le Devoir, Chatelaine (French edition), Review (Quebec), The Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Barcelona Review, Maclean’s Magazine, Books In Canada, The Toronto Star, The Ottawa Citizen, The Montreal Gazette, The Winnipeg Free Press, The Halifax Chronicle- Herald, The Calgary Herald, The Edmonton Journal, The Telegraph-Journal, Canadian Literature, The Literary Review of Canada, Quill & Quire, Alberta Views, The Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight (Vancouver), Monday Magazine (Victoria), The Times-Colonist (Victoria) The Stranger (Seattle), and Amazon.ca The Vancouver Sun included my first book in their top ten Canadian fiction titles of 1985, The Globe & Mail included my collection 19 Knives in their list of the best books of 2000, and the Georgia Straight listed my travel book Ireland’s Eye as one of the six best nonfiction books of 2003 Amazon.ca lists Salvage King Ya! as the #1 book on their list of hockey fiction and featured Ireland’s Eye on their main home page in 2003. In 2004 Amazon.ca included Salvage King Ya! in their list of 50 Essential Canadian Books of All Time Interviewed or featured on Peter Gzowski’s Morningside, Sheilagh Rogers, CBC’s Brave New Waves, As It Happens, The Next Chapter, The Arts Report, The Arts Today, Richardson’s Round-up, Between the Covers, Global TV, Bravo TV, CITY TV (Winnipeg), VOX TV (Quebec), CBC Radio Syndication, and CBC’s The National BOOKS PUBLISHED Wild Thing: Italian Stories. Goose Lane Publishers: 2015 Knife in the Head (Suicide by Morphine and Paris Green). A limited edition collector’s chapbook, 30 hardcover and 70 paperback. Frog Hollow Press, Victoria, BC: 2010 3 My White Planet. A collection of short stories. Thomas Allen Publishers: 2008 Shortlisted for The ReLit Prize (Newfoundland) Chosen for The National Post’s Canada Also Reads panel Chosen by Salty Ink website as Book of the Month Ireland’s Eye: Travels. House of Anansi: 2002 Book of the week in The Danforth Review A Georgia Straight Book of the Year Chosen for The Walrus Bookshelf Finalist for an American Independent Publishers’ Award Reprinted in paperback in 2003 19 Knives. A collection of short stories. House of Anansi: 2000 Chosen by A.S. Byatt as a book of the year in The Guardian (UK) Winner of a ReLit Award in short fiction Cited by The Globe & Mail as one of the best books of 2000 Transcribed into a Braille Book for the Blind by CNIB Reprinted in paperback in 2001; 2nd printing in 2008, 3rd printing in 2013 U.K. rights sold to Comma Press, Manchester, 2008 French Translation, Les Allusifs Press, 2009 Included in 100 Best Atlantic Books, 2009 New Orleans Is Sinking. A collection of short stories. Oberon: 1998 Published in hardcover and paper; in 3rd printing Salvage King Ya! A novel. Anvil Press: 1997 Cited by Amazon.com as the best novel about hockey Included in Amazon.ca’s list of 50 Essential Canadian Books of All Time Reprinted in a new paperback edition in 2003 Dangle. A chapbook. Hawthorne Editions: 1997 Nothing North of Disneyland. A chapbook. Skunkweed Press: 1993 Ounce of Cure (Editor). An anthology of alcohol-related short stories. Beach Holme: 1992 Surfer Joe Among the Fishes. A chapbook. Iris Press: 1991 Killing The Swan. A collection of poetry and photographs. Press Porcepic: 1986 Dancing Nightly in the Tavern. A collection of short stories. Press Porcepic: 1984 Winner of Writers' Guild award Cited by The Vancouver Sun as one of the best books of the year Reprinted in a new edition in 2007 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 4 University of New Brunswick, 1999-present English 1000, Twentieth Century Literature English 1103, Fundamentals of Clear Writing English 1144, Non-Fiction English 1146, Introduction to the Novel English 2196, Fiction and Screen Writing English 3143, Creative Writing, Fiction English 3151, Travel Writing in Rome English 3957, Special Topics, Writers on Vietnam: America’s Longest War English 3986, Special Topics, The Road and Literature English 5146, Honours Seminar, Bloodshed and Lebensraum in the Wild West English 5147, Honours Seminar, Writers on Vietnam English 6106, Studio Course, Screenwriting English 6143, Graduate Fiction Workshop University of Victoria, 1987-1999 English 115, Composition English 116, Literature Survey English 121, Short Story and the Novel English 122, Poetry and Drama English 201, Studies in Modern Literature English 215, The Writing of Expository Prose English 225, Business Communication Creative Writing 100, Introduction to Creative Writing Creative Writing 202, Fiction Workshop Creative Writing 304, Fiction Workshop Creative Writing 391, Multi-Genre Workshop Creative Writing 402, Advanced Fiction Workshop Mount Royal College, Calgary, 1984-1987 English 1000, Composition English 1110, Composition English 1112, Revised Composition English 1213, Creative Writing English 1217, 20th Century American Literature English 2231, Short Story and the Novel University of Iowa, 1981-1983 English 120, Introduction to Literature RELATED EXPERIENCE 5 Fiction Instructor, Banff Centre for the Arts, September 2009 Fiction Instructor, Maritime Writers’ Workshop, 2000, 2008, 2011 Fiction Instructor, Sage Hill Writing Experience, Saskatchewan, November 2005 Fiction Instructor, Banff Centre for the Arts, the May Writing Studio, 2003 Director, The Wired Writing Studio, a program in electronic publishing at the Banff Centre for the Arts, 2000-2001 Instructor, Victoria School of Writing, July 1999 Juror, Canada Council for the Arts, Literary and Art Magazines Jury, 2012 Juror, Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Excellence, 2010 Juror, MacAuslan First Book Prize, Quebec Writers Federation, 2007 Juror, New Brunswick Arts Board, 2006 Juror, Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards, 2006 Juror, Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award, 2005 Juror, Canada Council for the Arts, Literary and Art Magazines Jury, 2005 Juror, Saskatchewan Arts Board Book Awards, 2004 Juror, Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging