Andr Alexis

Andr Alexis was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and raised in Ottawa. His debut novel, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award (now known as the Amazon.ca First Novel Award)and the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His other books include Pastoral, Asylumand The Hidden Keys.

AndrAlexis's novelFifteen Dogs,championed byHumble The Poet, wonCanada Reads2017 and the 2015 ScotiabankGiller Prize.

His latest book is the novel Days by Moonlight.

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Books byAndrAlexis

Interviews withAndr Alexis

Fifteen Dogs wins Canada Reads 2017

7 years ago

Duration 6:31

Andre Alexis's book about a group of dogs that are granted human consciousness was defended by Toronto MC and spoken word artist Humble the Poet

Andr Alexis and Humble The Poet get to know each other

8 years ago

Duration 2:49

Canada Reads panellist Humble The Poet and author Andr Alexis ask each other some personal questions. Humble The Poet will defend Fifteen Dogs by Andr Alexis on Canada Reads 2017.

In 1998, Canada Reads finalist Andr Alexis seemed to be taking notes from Peter Pan

7 years ago

Duration 0:57

In this video from the CBC Archives, Andr Alexis talks about having 1000 childhoods and constantly recreating ones life

Q6:26Andre Alexis's musical tribute to Toronto's Parkdale

The author gives us a playlist of songs that remind him of his current neighbourhood in Toronto, Parkdale

Andre Alexis talks about his latest novel.