Writer & Photographer
Chris McNamee
Chris McNamee is a writer of prose, poetry and flash fiction. He is a travel photographer and the author of Love, Lust & The Last Resort, living in Hamilton, Ontario. Currently he is working on his new collection, Wherever Found.
Praise for Chris McNamee :
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.
Robin Richardson
Author, Sit How You Sit
Winner of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry
[McNamee] writes well and vividly.
Lots to like here.
Pasha Malla
Author, The Withdrawal Method
Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the Trillium Book Prize,
Arthur Ellis Award
Fabulous, erotic, confessional.
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
Praise for “Love, Lust & The Last Resort” :
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.
Jessica Rose
Writer, Hamilton Magazine
Editor, Hamilton Review of Books
Collections
Apperances
Sanctuary: A Cootes Paradise Writers Anthology
The National Post
The Hamilton Spectator
Vancouver Sun
Tampa Bay Times
Chapter One
PAGED.
Calgary Herald
Montreal Gazette
Hamilton Magazine
Five Minute Literature
The Voices Project
Niagara News
Awards
The Short Works Prize for Writing (Finalist)
Speaking Engagements
2023
2022
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
Mable Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence Reception (University Club)
Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
Sanctuary Book Launch (David Braley Health Sciences Building)
Celebration of Poetry (Central Branch, Hamilton Public Library)
Student Writer's Workshop (McMaster University)
Writing Influences
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
(Some) Favourite Literature
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)
Contact Information
+1-905-531-3935
