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Gerard Beirne

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Gerard Beirne was born in Ireland. A Canadian citizen, he has lived in Canada for over thirteen years. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. He is a past recipient of The Sunday Tribune/Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year award. He was appointed Writer-in-Residence at the University of New Brunswick 2008-2009 and is a Fiction Editor with The Fiddlehead, Canada's longest living literary magazine.

His collection Games of Chance: A Gambler’s Manual has just been published by Oberon Press- Fall 2011.

His collection of poetry Digging My Own Grave was published by Dedalus Press, Dublin. An earlier version won second place in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award.

His novel The Eskimo in the Net (Marion Boyars Publi
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Average rating: 3.91 · 44 ratings · 11 reviews · 14 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Thickness of Ice

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The Eskimo in the Net

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Sightings of Bono

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Turtle

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In a Time of Drought and Hu...

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Games of Chance: A Gambler'...

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Digging My Own Grave

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“I am still afraid, but now I have room for my fear.”
Gerard Beirne, The Thickness of Ice
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