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Kevin Hardcastle is the award-winning author of the forthcoming and highly anticipated new novel, County Road Six, which will be published on May 19, 2026 by Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada.

Hardcastle’s short story collection, Debris, won the Trillium Book Award and the ReLit Award for Short Fiction, and was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Award and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. His critically acclaimed debut novel, In the Cage, has been published in France and Germany as Dans la Cage. Debris was also published in France, as Toutes les chances qu’on se donne.

Hardcastle’s work has appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies, and he was a finalist for the 24th annual Journey Prize. His short story, Old Man Marchuk, was included ...more

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Hardcastle at festivals this fall, including Calgary Wordfest, Vancouver Writers Fest

hey everybody. in two days I'm going festing. starting at WordFest Calgary, with a stop for the Kevin Hardcastle "In the Cage" Book Launch at Audrey's Books in Edmonton, before moving on to Whaletown and Vancouver Writers Fest.
there are more things coming as well. but here is a list of all my festival events, in order:

CALGARY WORDFEST

Fri, Oct. 13 @ 9:15pm: Late Night Series: The Third Pint Of Beer Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 11, 2017 13:10 • Tags: book-launch, calgary, edmonton, in-the-cage, vancouver, vwf, wordfest

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	Debris 4.13 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Cage 3.94 avg rating — 101 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	County Road Six 3.34 avg rating — 44 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey Prize Stories 29: The Best of Canada's New Writers by Kevin Hardcastle (Goodreads Author), Grace O'Connell, Ayelet Tsabari (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storie by Nick Mount (Goodreads Author), Mona Awad (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kevin Hardcastle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toutes les chances qu'on se donne really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Canadian Stories (15) by John Metcalf (Editor ), Lauren Carter (Goodreads Author), Mark Anthony Jarman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Aug 03, 2016 08:39PM

Richard wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request! I expect my review of your book to go live tomorrow at The Oak Wheel."

No problem, man. I thought I was all done with reviews for Debris, so I really appreciate your giving it a go. I'll keep an eye out for it tomorrow. Cheers.

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Aug 03, 2016 08:36PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request! I expect my review of your book to go live tomorrow at The Oak Wheel.

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