Richard Scarsbrook is a Canadian Author, Teacher, Actor, Songwriter, Singer, and Musician.
Scarsbrook grew up in a tiny country place called Olinda (near Leamington, Ontario), surrounded by orchards, fields, and the buzz of tractors and dirt bikes. After graduating from Kingsville Distict High School, he earned an Honours BA in History from the University of Western Ontario, where he played rock and roll and grew his hair too long, then he moved on to the University of Ottawa, where he earned a Bachelor of Education degree.
He lived and taught in Petrolia, Ontario for nearly a decade, where he acted, directed, and served as a member of the board of directors for the Petrolia Community Theatre, where he played roles such as Mr. Toad in Toad of Toad Hall, Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace.
In Petrolia, he also wrote orignal songs, and played the drums and sang in a rock band called The Know. He also began publishing his first short stories and poems at this time.
Scarsbrook grew up in a tiny country place called Olinda (near Leamington, Ontario), surrounded by orchards, fields, and the buzz of tractors and dirt bikes. After graduating from Kingsville Distict High School, he earned an Honours BA in History from the University of Western Ontario, where he played rock and roll and grew his hair too long, then he moved on to the University of Ottawa, where he earned a Bachelor of Education degree.
He lived and taught in Petrolia, Ontario for nearly a decade, where he acted, directed, and served as a member of the board of directors for the Petrolia Community Theatre, where he played roles such as Mr. Toad in Toad of Toad Hall, Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace.
In Petrolia, he also wrote orignal songs, and played the drums and sang in a rock band called The Know. He also began publishing his first short stories and poems at this time.
CONTACT
Richard Scarsbrook is represented by
Margaret Hart of the HSW Agency.
Subsidized appearances by Richard Scarsbrook can be booked through
the Writers Union of Canada.
For more information, click HERE.
Richard can be reached directly at
cheeseburgersubversive@hotmail.com
or through
Thistledown Press
or
Turnstone Press
Richard Scarsbrook is represented by
Margaret Hart of the HSW Agency.
Subsidized appearances by Richard Scarsbrook can be booked through
the Writers Union of Canada.
For more information, click HERE.
Richard can be reached directly at
cheeseburgersubversive@hotmail.com
or through
Thistledown Press
or
Turnstone Press
Photo by Ken Tsung
RICHARD SCARSBROOK
Biography
Scarsbrook now makes his home in Toronto, where he teaches creative writing courses at The Humber School of Writers and George Brown College (Click HERE for Scarsbrook's current course offerings).
He also plays and sings with the a rock bands The Nerve and Disorderly Conduct, and has performed in great venues such as The Guverment, The Rivoli, Healey's Roadhouse, The Opera House, The Tattoo Rock Parlour, The Royal York Hotel, The Hard Rock Cafe and The Black Swan (all in Toronto), The Hard Rock Cafe and The Liquor Store Bar in Ottawa, and The Just For Laughs Studio in Montreal.
Scarsbrook's fiction and poetry have been published widely in literary magazines, anthologies and journals. His funny and poignant novel Cheeseburger Subversive was published by Thistledown Press in May, 2003, to positive reviews and great reader response. The rock 'n' roll adventures of Dak Sifter continue in Featherless Bipeds, published by Thistledown Press in April 2006. Destiny's Telescope, a collection of Richard Scarsbrook's prize-winning short stories, was published by Turnstone Press in May 2006. Scarsbrook's latest, The Monkeyface Chronicles, will be published in March, 2010. (Reviews of all the books can be read here.)
Forthcoming: a new novel called The Indifference League, as well as a poetry collection called Deleted Scenes.
Richard has won many prizes and awards , including the 2002 Lawrence House Centre for the Arts Short Story Competition, the 2001 New Orphic Short Story Competition, the 2001 Scarborough Arts Council Poetry Competition, the 1998 Hinterland Award for Prose, the 1997 Cranberry Tree Press Poetry Chapbook Competition.
His books have been short-listed for several major prizes: Cheeseburger Subversive (Thistledown Press, 2003) for the Canadian Library Association's 2004 Canadian Young Adult Book of the Year Award , as well as for the Ontario Library Association's 2005 White Pine Award and the BC-based Stellar Book Award. Featherless Bipeds was short-listed for the 2007 CLA YA Book of the Year Award and is currently on the short-list for the 2009 Stellar Bok Award. Destiny's Telescope was long-listed for the 2007 ReLit Award.
Richard Scarsbrook's biography is listed in the Canadian Who's Who, "the largest and most authoritative publication of its kind in Canada, offering instant access to nearly fourteen thousand notable Canadians in all walks of life".
Scarsbrook is available for school, library, and other appearances. He has over fifteen years teaching experience the the elementary, high school and college levels, and can present on a variety of writing-related topics to groups of varying size and age. Funding assistance is available through The Writers' Union of Canada Writers in the Schools Program, as well as throught The Canada Council for the Arts Readings Program. Email to make a booking!
Richard Scarsbrook's literary agent is Margaret Hart of the HSW Literary Agency.
Scarsbrook's official Blog can be viewed HERE.
He also plays and sings with the a rock bands The Nerve and Disorderly Conduct, and has performed in great venues such as The Guverment, The Rivoli, Healey's Roadhouse, The Opera House, The Tattoo Rock Parlour, The Royal York Hotel, The Hard Rock Cafe and The Black Swan (all in Toronto), The Hard Rock Cafe and The Liquor Store Bar in Ottawa, and The Just For Laughs Studio in Montreal.
Scarsbrook's fiction and poetry have been published widely in literary magazines, anthologies and journals. His funny and poignant novel Cheeseburger Subversive was published by Thistledown Press in May, 2003, to positive reviews and great reader response. The rock 'n' roll adventures of Dak Sifter continue in Featherless Bipeds, published by Thistledown Press in April 2006. Destiny's Telescope, a collection of Richard Scarsbrook's prize-winning short stories, was published by Turnstone Press in May 2006. Scarsbrook's latest, The Monkeyface Chronicles, will be published in March, 2010. (Reviews of all the books can be read here.)
Forthcoming: a new novel called The Indifference League, as well as a poetry collection called Deleted Scenes.
Richard has won many prizes and awards , including the 2002 Lawrence House Centre for the Arts Short Story Competition, the 2001 New Orphic Short Story Competition, the 2001 Scarborough Arts Council Poetry Competition, the 1998 Hinterland Award for Prose, the 1997 Cranberry Tree Press Poetry Chapbook Competition.
His books have been short-listed for several major prizes: Cheeseburger Subversive (Thistledown Press, 2003) for the Canadian Library Association's 2004 Canadian Young Adult Book of the Year Award , as well as for the Ontario Library Association's 2005 White Pine Award and the BC-based Stellar Book Award. Featherless Bipeds was short-listed for the 2007 CLA YA Book of the Year Award and is currently on the short-list for the 2009 Stellar Bok Award. Destiny's Telescope was long-listed for the 2007 ReLit Award.
Richard Scarsbrook's biography is listed in the Canadian Who's Who, "the largest and most authoritative publication of its kind in Canada, offering instant access to nearly fourteen thousand notable Canadians in all walks of life".
Scarsbrook is available for school, library, and other appearances. He has over fifteen years teaching experience the the elementary, high school and college levels, and can present on a variety of writing-related topics to groups of varying size and age. Funding assistance is available through The Writers' Union of Canada Writers in the Schools Program, as well as throught The Canada Council for the Arts Readings Program. Email to make a booking!
Richard Scarsbrook's literary agent is Margaret Hart of the HSW Literary Agency.
Scarsbrook's official Blog can be viewed HERE.
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