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Paul Butler is the author of the novel
Stoker’s Shadow
(Flanker Press 2003), which was short-listed for the 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards, and
The Surrogate Spirit
(Jesperson Publishing 2000). Butler has written for many publications in Canada, including
The Beaver
,
Saltscapes
,
Canadian Geographic
and
The Globe and Mail
. He has a regular film column with
The Social Edge
e-zine and has contributed to CBC Radio regional and national. A graduate of Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and a winner in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters competition (2003), he is presently developing a number of projects in film and TV ranging from documentary to feature film. He lives in St. John’s with his wife, Maura Hanrahan.