Andrew Binks

Andrew Binks's first novel, The Summer Between, was published by Nightwood Editions in Spring 2009. His second novel, Strip, was published in November 2013. He has worked, written, acted and taught across the globe, from fringe festival solo shows, to the Stratford Festival, to Da Vinci's Inquest, to modeling in Paris, to teaching business English in Japan. Andrew holds a BA in Drama from Queen's University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. His fiction and non-fiction has been published in Joyland (excerpt from Alcazar's House), Galleon, Fugue, Prism International, Harrington Gay Men's Literary Quarterly (U.S.), Bent-magazine, The Globe and Mail, and Xtra, and upcoming Harvard Square Edition's "A Voice from the Planet" anthology, in which a chapter from one of his as-yet-to be-published novels appears. He is a past honorable mention of the Writers' Union of Canada's short prose contest, Glimmertrain's Family Matters contest, finalist in the Queen's University Alumni Review poetry contest, and This Magazine's "Great Canadian Literary Hunt." His poetry has also appeared in Quill's "Lust" issue and Velvet Avalanche anthology. Andrew spoke at the AWP conference in New York City, on behalf of UBC, on the merits and challenges of multi-genre writing programs.

See other reviews: Prairie Fire: http://www.prairiefire.ca/reviews/binks_summer.html

Xtra Magazine: http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Book_review_The_Summer_Between_by_Andrew_Binks-8283.aspx

Strip interviews and reviews:

http://dailyxtra.com/search/site/Binks