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Steven Heighton
STEVEN HEIGHTON (1961-2022)’s most recent books were the novel The Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep (Hamish Hamilton, 2017), the Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poetry collection The Wakin...view moreSTEVEN HEIGHTON (1961-2022)’s most recent books were the novel The Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep (Hamish Hamilton, 2017), the Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poetry collection The Waking Comes Late (House of Anansi Press, 2016), and the memoir Reaching Mithymna (Biblioasis, 2020), which was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. He was also the author of the novel Afterlands, which was published in six countries, was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and was a “best of year” selection from ten publications in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The novel was optioned for film by Pall Grimsson. His other poetry collections include The Ecstasy of Skeptics and The Address Book. His fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages, have appeared in the London Review of Books, Tin House, Poetry, Brick, the Independent, the Literary Review, and The Walrus Magazine, among others; have been internationally anthologized in Best English Stories, Best American Poetry, The Minerva Book of Stories, and Best American Mystery Stories; and have won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Gerald Lampert Award, the K. M. Hunter Award, the P. K. Page Founders’ Award, the Petra Kenney Prize, the Air Canada Award, and four gold National Magazine Awards. In addition, Heighton was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Journey Prize, the Moth Prize, and Britain’s W. H. Smith Award. Heighton was also a fiction reviewer for the New York Times Book Review. He lived in Kingston, Ontario. In 2021, Wolfe Island Records released an album of his songs, The Devil’s Share. To listen, visit www.wolfeislandrecords.com/stevenheighton. view less
Books by Steven Heighton
Afterlands: A Novel Instructions for the Drowning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Workbook: Memos & Dispatches On Writing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Virtues of Disillusionment Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPatient Frame Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Selected Poems 1983–2020 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeyond Forgetting: Celebrating 100 Years of Al Purdy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSongbook: The Lyrics and Music of Steven Heighton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Steven Heighton
Reaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Stray and the Strangers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Instructions for the Drowning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings