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John Gould


Born
Canada
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Short Stories, Literature & Fiction


John Gould is the author of two collections of very short stories, Kilter, which was shortlisted for the 2003 Giller Prize and won the Mary Scorer Award (for the best book by a Manitoba publisher), and The Kingdom of Heaven. His fiction has also appeared in chapbooks, and in periodicals across the country. He publishes occasional freelance nonfiction.

John studied at the innovative Integrated Studies program at the University of Waterloo, where he holds a Bachelor degree. He has worked as an environmental researcher, a tree planter and a house framer. More recently he has turned to teaching fiction, and to coordinating arts programs. He co-created and ran the otherwords program at the BC Festival of the Arts, and is now the Executive Directo ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 168 ratings · 20 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
Kilter: 55 Fictions
3.96 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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Seven Good Reasons Not To B...
3.43 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
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The Kingdom of Heaven: Eigh...
4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996
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“At last the bottom fell out.
No more water in the pail.
No more moon in the water.”
― John Gould, as the character Wendy, in the short story 'Takeout'., Kilter: 55 Fictions
tags: buddhism, enlightenment, poem
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