Paige Cooper
Paige Cooper is a Canadian writer, originally from Canmore, Alberta[1] and currently based in Montreal, Quebec.[2] Her debut short story collection Zolitude was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize,[3] a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,[4] a shortlisted finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2018,[5] and a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[6] Zolitude won the 2018 Concordia University First Book Prize.[7] A French translation of Zolitude was published by Éditions du Boréal in 2019.[8] The French translation was shortlisted for Le Prix de Traduction de la Fondation Cole in 2020.[9]
The collection derives its title from Zolitūde, an apartment block in Riga, Latvia where a major shopping centre underwent a roof collapse in 2013.[10] The book's stories have been described as speculative fiction.[11]
Her short stories have also appeared in The Fiddlehead, West Branch, Michigan Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast Online, Canadian Notes & Queries, The New Quarterly and the Journey Prize anthology.[11]
In 2019, Paige was voted 3rd best living author in Montreal.[12]
In 2020, she edited a collection of short stories, Best Canadian Stories 2020.[13]
Bibliography
[edit]- Zolitude (2018)
- Best Canadian Stories, Editor (2020)
References
[edit]- ^ Volmers, Eric (October 5, 2018). "Canmore native Paige Cooper writes dystopian love stories for an uncertain time and place". Calgary Herald.
- ^ "Beautiful and strange". Winnipeg Free Press, March 10, 2018.
- ^ "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage in running for $25,000 Governor General's fiction prize". Toronto Star, October 3, 2018.
- ^ "The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction – Quebec Writers' Federation". qwf.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Carrianne Leung wins $10,000 short fiction prize for 'That Time I Loved You'". CTV News, June 1, 2019.
- ^ "The Concordia University First Book Prize – Quebec Writers' Federation". qwf.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Tardif, Dominic (2019-11-16). ""Zolitude": Paige Cooper à la frontière entre paranoïa et lucidité". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation – Quebec Writers' Federation". qwf.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Zolitude, by Paige Cooper". Quill & Quire, January 2018.
- ^ a b "'Zolitude' Is the Speculative Debut of the Year So Far". Chicago Review of Books, May 3, 2018.
- ^ "Best of MTL 2019: Film & Arts". Cult MTL. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Cooper, Paige; editor; Biblioasis. ""All of the Pieces are Aware of and Concerned With the Unknowable": Paige Cooper on Taking Up the Best Canadian Stories Mantle". open-book.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
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