Paige Cooper

Paige Cooper is a Canadian writer, originally from Canmore, Alberta[1] and currently based in Montreal, Quebec.[2] Her debut short story collection Zolitude was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize,[3] a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction,[4] a shortlisted finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2018,[5] and a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[6] Zolitude won the 2018 Concordia University First Book Prize.[7] A French translation of Zolitude was published by Éditions du Boréal in 2019.[8] The French translation was shortlisted for Le Prix de Traduction de la Fondation Cole in 2020.[9]

The collection derives its title from Zolitūde, an apartment block in Riga, Latvia where a major shopping centre underwent a roof collapse in 2013.[10] The book's stories have been described as speculative fiction.[11]

Her short stories have also appeared in The Fiddlehead, West Branch, Michigan Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast Online, Canadian Notes & Queries, The New Quarterly and the Journey Prize anthology.[11]

In 2019, Paige was voted 3rd best living author in Montreal.[12]

In 2020, she edited a collection of short stories, Best Canadian Stories 2020.[13]

Bibliography

• Zolitude (2018)
• Best Canadian Stories, Editor (2020)

References

1. Volmers, Eric (October 5, 2018). "Canmore native Paige Cooper writes dystopian love stories for an uncertain time and place". Calgary Herald.
2. "Beautiful and strange". Winnipeg Free Press, March 10, 2018.
3. "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 17, 2018.
4. "Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage in running for $25,000 Governor General's fiction prize". Toronto Star, October 3, 2018.
5. "The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction – Quebec Writers' Federation". qwf.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
6. "Carrianne Leung wins $10,000 short fiction prize for 'That Time I Loved You'". CTV News, June 1, 2019.
7. "The Concordia University First Book Prize – Quebec Writers' Federation". qwf.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
8. Tardif, Dominic (2019-11-16). ""Zolitude": Paige Cooper à la frontière entre paranoïa et lucidité". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-16.
9. "Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation – Quebec Writers' Federation". qwf.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
10. "Zolitude, by Paige Cooper". Quill & Quire, January 2018.
11. "'Zolitude' Is the Speculative Debut of the Year So Far". Chicago Review of Books, May 3, 2018.
12. "Best of MTL 2019: Film & Arts". Cult MTL. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
13. Cooper, Paige; editor; Biblioasis. ""All of the Pieces are Aware of and Concerned With the Unknowable": Paige Cooper on Taking Up the Best Canadian Stories Mantle". open-book.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-08. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)