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Kevin Hardcastle is a fiction writer from Simcoe County, Ontario. He studied writing at the University of Toronto and at Cardiff University.

Hardcastle’s debut collection, Debris, won the Trillium Book Award, the ReLit Award for Short Fiction, runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary award, and was a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. Debris was named a Quill & Quire book of the year.

His novel, In the Cage, was released to wide acclaim in fall 2017. It was named a Globe & Mail and National Post book of the year. In summer/fall 2018, the French language translation, Dans la Cage, was published by Éditions Albin Michel. In summer 2019, the German language translation was published by Polar Verlag.

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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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	Debris 4.14 avg rating — 114 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 3.95 avg rating — 98 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
	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
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	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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message 1: by Richard

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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