Portrait - Mark Blagrave

Mark
Blagrave

Mark Blagrave’s short fiction has appeared in several Canadian literary journals and in a collection of interlinked stories entitled Salt in the Wounds (2014 ). His novel Silver Salts (2008) was shortlisted for the Commonwealth First Novel Award (Canada and Caribbean) and for the John and Margaret Savage Award for First Novel. Mark lives and writes in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.

Mark Blagrave’s short fiction has appeared in several Canadian literary journals and in a collection of interlinked stories entitled Salt in the Wounds (2014 ). His novel Silver Salts (2008) was shortlisted for the Commonwealth First Novel Award (Canada and Caribbean) and for the John and Margaret Savage Award for First Novel. Mark lives and writes in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.

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