Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Barry Webster (born 1961) is a Canadian writer. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec, where he teaches English literature at Marianopolis College.His short story collection The Sound of All Flesh won a ReLit Award in 2006, and was a shortlisted nominee for the Hugh MacLennan Award. His short stories have also been shortlisted for the National Magazine Award.His 2012 novel The Lava in My Bones was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Male Fiction. In 2013 he was awarded an Honour of Distinction by the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, an award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada.He was a featured speaker at the 2013 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.He has a B.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto, and an M.A. in creative writing from Concordia University. A classically-trained pianist, he has two ARCTs from the Royal Conservatory of Music. He has also occasionally worked as an actor, including in a production of Sam Shepard's play Savage/Love and in a radio adaptation of his own short story "Enough".. }
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- Barry_Webster_(writer) abstract "Barry Webster (born 1961) is a Canadian writer. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec, where he teaches English literature at Marianopolis College.His short story collection The Sound of All Flesh won a ReLit Award in 2006, and was a shortlisted nominee for the Hugh MacLennan Award. His short stories have also been shortlisted for the National Magazine Award.His 2012 novel The Lava in My Bones was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Male Fiction. In 2013 he was awarded an Honour of Distinction by the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, an award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada.He was a featured speaker at the 2013 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.He has a B.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto, and an M.A. in creative writing from Concordia University. A classically-trained pianist, he has two ARCTs from the Royal Conservatory of Music. He has also occasionally worked as an actor, including in a production of Sam Shepard's play Savage/Love and in a radio adaptation of his own short story "Enough".".