GARY BARWIN is a writer, musician and multimedia artist and the author of 34 books including Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction 2024-1984. His national bestselling novel Yiddish for Pirates which won the Leacock Medal and the Canadian Jewish Literary Award, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award and the Giller Prize and was longlisted for Canada Reads. His last novel, Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award and was the Hamilton Reads choice for 2023-2024. His last poetry collection, The Most Charming Creatures also won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award. His new novel, The Comedian’s Book of the Dead will be published in 2026. Recent work includes Bird Fiction, an interactive multimedia work (with Sarah Imrisek) featured in Hamilton Arts Week June 2025 and a book and recording with Lillian Allen and Gregory Betts, Muttertongue. He lives in Hamilton.
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