Francesca Ekwuyasi
Canadian writer and artist
Francesca Ekwuyasi is a Nigerian-Canadian writer and artist.[1] She is most noted for her debut novel Butter Honey Pig Bread, which was published in 2020.
Originally from Lagos, Nigeria,[2] she is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1] In addition to her writing, she had an exhibition of paper cutout art at Halifax's The Khyber in 2019,[1] and has directed short documentary films including Reconcile[1] and Black & Belonging.[2]
Butter Honey Pig Bread was selected for the 2021 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by celebrity chef Roger Mooking.[3] The book was longlisted for the 2020 Giller Prize,[4] and shortlisted for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction,[5] the 2021 ReLit Award for fiction,[6] the Amazon.ca First Novel Award[7] and the 2020 Governor General's Award for English fiction.[8] In 2022, it won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize.[9]
She identifies as queer.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Jade Nauss, "Francesca Omolara Ekwuyasi moves from Penance to reconciliation". The Coast, November 28, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Proud to Shine on the East Coast". CBC News, July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Canada Reads 2021 contenders". CBC Books, January 14, 2021.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Thomas King, Emma Donoghue make the 2020 Giller Longlist in a year marked by firsts". Toronto Star, September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Francesca Ekwuyasi & Billy-Ray Belcourt among Canadian finalists for 2021 Lambda Literary Awards". CBC Books, March 16, 2021.
- ^ "38 books shortlisted for 2021 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 19, 2021.
- ^ Vicky Qiao, "Five Little Indians by Michelle Good wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award". CBC Books, May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Francesca Ekwuyasi, Billy-Ray Belcourt & Anne Carson among 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists". CBC Books, May 4, 2021.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes". Toronto Star, November 2, 2022.
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Recipients of the Dayne Ogilvie Prize
- Michael V. Smith (2007)
- Zoe Whittall (2008)
- Debra Anderson (2009)
- Nancy Jo Cullen (2010)
- Farzana Doctor (2011)
- Amber Dawn (2012)
- C. E. Gatchalian (2013)
- Tamai Kobayashi (2014)
- Alex Leslie (2015)
- Leah Horlick (2016)
- Kai Cheng Thom (2017)
- Ben Ladouceur (2018)
- Jas M. Morgan (2019)
- Arielle Twist (2020)
- Jillian Christmas (2021)
- Francesca Ekwuyasi (2022)
- Anuja Varghese (2023)
- Brian Francis, John Miller (2008)
- Greg Kearney (2009)
- Lisa Foad, George K. Ilsley (2010)
- Dani Couture, Matthew J. Trafford (2011)
- Mariko Tamaki (2012)
- Anand Mahadevan, Barry Webster (2013)
- Rae Spoon, Proma Tagore (2014)
- Casey Plett, Vivek Shraya (2015)
- Gwen Benaway, Jia Qing Wilson-Yang (2016)
- Ali Blythe, Eva Crocker (2017)
- Trish Salah, Joshua Whitehead (2018)
- Joelle Barron, Casey Plett (2019)
- Robyn Maynard, Smokii Sumac (2020)
- Kama La Mackerel, jaye simpson (2021)
- Bilal Baig, Matthew James Weigel (2022)
- Gabriel Cholette, Amanda Cordner and David Di Giovanni (2023)
