Regina Public Library is pleased to announce its 29th Writer in Residence, Andrew Battershill.

Originally from British Columbia, he attended the University of Toronto, where he studied creative writing. He has just relocated to Regina with his wife Suzannah Showler.

Battershill was selected as Writer in Residence earlier this year from an impressive list of candidates. His first book, Pillow, was longlisted for the Giller Prize and shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Award. His second novel, Marry, Bang, Kill, is scheduled for release in 2018. He was also the co-founder of the literary humour quarterly Dragnet Magazine, and is the Fiction Editor of This Magazine.