Writer & Photographer
Chris McNamee
Chris McNamee is a writer of prose, poetry and flash fiction. He is a photographer, DJ and author of Love, Lust & The Last Resort, living in Hamilton, Ontario. In addition to those roles, he is currently moonlighting as an editor and completing his new collection, Wherever Found.
Praise for Chris McNamee :
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There is a lot of heart here, and a lot of what I like to laud as authentic and heartfelt. [McNamee] uses no gimmicks, but tells a story from as honest a place as he can.
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Robin Richardson
Author, Sit How You Sit
Winner of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry
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[McNamee] writes well and vividly.
Lots to like here.
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Pasha Malla
Author, The Withdrawal Method
Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the Trillium Book Prize,
Arthur Ellis Award
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Fabulous, erotic, confessional.
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Janet Rogers
Author, Poems from Peace in Duress
Nominated for Best Spoken Word Recording at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards and the Native American Music Awards
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Praise for “Love, Lust & The Last Resort” :
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His debut collection of poetry and prose tackles loss and lust, but mostly love. With lines like “Who knew we could be this beautiful,” Love, Lust and the Last Resort is reminiscent of a high school journal, reminding readers of the insecurity and regret that often plague young love.
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Jessica Rose
Writer, Hamilton Magazine
Editor, Hamilton Review of Books
Chris McNamee (Mac) is a photographer and award winning writer of poetry, prose and shorts. He has been featured in national and international publications including the National Post, Associated Press, Eunoia Review and the Tampa Bay Times, amongst others. McNamee acts as a guest lecturer and mentor to the Student Writers' Workshop at McMaster University. Currently, Mac is completing his new collection “Wherever Found” and working as a writer and editor in Hamilton, Ontario, with his partner and their cat, Diana Ross.
Collections
Appearances
Sanctuary: A Cootes Paradise Writers Anthology
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The National Post
The Hamilton Spectator
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Vancouver Sun
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Tampa Bay Times
Chapter One
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PAGED.
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Eunoia Review
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Five Minute Literature
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Letters From Afar
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Poeticia
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Calgary Herald
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Montreal Gazette
Niagara News
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Vancouver Province
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Red Deer Times
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Hamilton Magazine
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Edmonton Journal
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The Voices Project
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Guest Editor
Five Minute Literature
Cootes Paradise Writers Anthology
McMaster Student Writers Group
Awards
The Short Works Prize for Writing (Finalist)
2023
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2019
The Short Works Prize for Writing (Winner)
Speaking Engagements
01/25/24
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01/22/24
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11/29/23
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11/24/23
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2020
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2019
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2019
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2019
Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
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Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
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Cinè-Psych Film Festival: "Change the Script" (The Westdale Theatre)
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Sanctuary Book Launch (Farncombe Atrium)
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Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
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Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
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Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
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Mable Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence Reception (University Club)
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Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
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Sanctuary Book Launch (David Braley Health Sciences Building)
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Celebration of Poetry (Central Branch, Hamilton Public Library)
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Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
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Writing Influences​
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Jim Morrison ... Jack Kerouac ...
Bob Dylan ... Jarvis Cocker ... Haruki Murakami ... Charles Burkowski ... Leonard Cohen ... Cookie Mueller ... Hemingway ... Morrissey ... John Lennon ... Rupi Kaur ... Walt Witman ... Alex Turner ... Paul McCartney ... Anthony Bourdain ... F. Scott Fitzgerald ... Ottessa Moshfegh ...
Alan Moore ... Gordon Lightfoot ... Lana Del Rey ... James Baldwin ... Joe Strummer ... Bob Segar ... Nick Hornby .... Dolly ... Charlie Rich​
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(Some) Favourite Literature​
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High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
On The Road (Jack Kerouac)
French Exit (Patrick Dewitt)
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
All That Is Man (David Szalay)
Suzanne (Anais Barbeau-Lavalette)
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
The Girls (Emma Cline)
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
My Year of Rest & Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
Marvels (Kurt Busiek) [1994]
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears (Laura Van Den Berg)
Sideways (Rex Pickett)
Salt Water (Brianna Wiest)
The Rain in Portugal (Billy Collins)
I Would Leave Me If I Could (Halsey)
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