Artist Statement
I'm a writer, journalist, editor, writing coach, and consultant whose debut novel is forthcoming with Knopf Canada. As a journalist, I'm interested in telling stories about Atlantic Canada that explore how our sense of home and identity are shaped by political, social, and global forces. As a novelist, my work examines Island identity as it exists in its complex, diverse, ever-changing tensions. My characters see their lives as embedded both in local and global contexts, moving through the dramas and questions of their day to day realities firmly in both worlds.
Biography
Trevor Corkum (he/him) is a writer, journalist, editor, and consultant whose debut novel is forthcoming with Knopf Canada. His fiction, essays, journalism and reviews have appeared widely across Canada and internationally and he is the Atlantic Canadian correspondent for The Walrus and a monthly columnist at 49thShelf. Trevor’s story “Lost Boys” was shortlisted for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and his writing has been nominated for the Journey Prize, National Magazine Award for Fiction, and the CBC Short Story and Nonfiction Prizes. Trevor grew up in PEI and has lived across Canada and in Europe, but is happy to be back on Epekwitk, where he is a co-proprietor of The Hideout, which offers a writer-in-residence program and self-directed residencies for Canadian and international writers.
