Raziel Reid
| Raziel Reid | |
|---|---|
| Occupation |
Journalist Young adult novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | When Everything Feels Like the Movies |
Raziel Reid is a Canadian writer, whose debut young adult novel When Everything Feels Like the Movies won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[1] The novel, inspired in part by the 2008 murder of gay teenager Lawrence Fobes King,[2] was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2014.[3] Its launch was marked with a national book tour with Vivek Shraya, who was simultaneously promoting her new book She of the Mountains.[4]
A graduate of the New York Film Academy, Reid is a former blogger and columnist for Xtra Vancouver.[4]
When Everything Feels Like the Movies was selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by blogger and broadcaster Elaine Lui.[5] It was also nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult Literature at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards,[6] and for Publishing Triangle's Ferro-Grumley Award.[7]
On June 23, 2016, Reid controversially tweeted his support for author Steven Galloway. Galloway, once the head of the Creative Writing program at University of British Columbia, was suspended by the university due to what the university described in a public statement as "a record of misconduct that resulted in an irreparable breach of the trust placed in faculty members by the university, its students and the general public".[8] Reid stated on Twitter that "Steven Galloway is a true visionary, and I look forward to his next book. He can be "unsubstantially" inappropriate with me any day."[9]
Reid later became a signatory to an open letter to University of British Columbia that asserted "Steven Galloway’s Right To Due Process".[10] Signed by numerous other prominent Canadian authors and creators, the letter has since attracted criticism from others who have argued that the letter "supported Galloway at the expense of the complainants in the case, and that it would have a silencing effect going forward."[11]
Works
- When Everything Feels Like the Movies (2014, ISBN 978-1-55152-574-7)
References
- ↑ "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014.
- ↑ "On Raziel Reid, and when everything feels like a controversy". National Post, January 27, 2015.
- ↑ Fall Preview 2014: YA and children's fiction. Quill & Quire, May 27, 2014.
- 1 2 "Raziel Reid & Vivek Shraya -- Dual Book Launch". McNally Robinson, October 1, 2014.
- ↑ "CBC announces Canada Reads finalists". Toronto Star, January 20, 2015.
- ↑ "The 26th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary Foundation, March 4, 2015.
- ↑ "The Publishing Triangle Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary Foundation, March 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Author Steven Galloway Bounced From UBC After Breach Of Trust". The Huffington Post. June 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ↑ "Raziel on Twitter". June 23, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ↑ "UBC Accountable - Seeking Clarity, Competence & Fairness". UBC Accountable. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ↑ "War of words breaks out in CanLit over Steven Galloway affair". Vancouver Sun. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-11-18.