Sandy Shreve
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Sandy Shreve is a Canadian poet living in Vancouver, British Columbia
. Sandy has published four poetry collections, most recently Suddenly, So Much. Recent work has appeared in her chapbook, Cedar Cottage Suite (Leaf Press, 2010) and the journals Literary Canada Review, Exile, and The Windsor Review. A new chapbook, Level Crossing, is forthcoming from The Alfred Gustav Press in 2012. She co-edited, with Kate Braid, the anthology In Fine Form – The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (Polestar, 2005, now available from Tightrope Books), edited Working For A Living, a collection of poems and stories by women about their work (Room of One’s Own, 1988) and founded BC’s "Poetry in Transit," program, which has been displaying BC
poetry in SkyTrain
cars and buses across the province since 1996. Her work is widely anthologized and has won the Earle Birney Prize for Poetry and been short listed for the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award and the National Magazine Awards for poetry. Born in Quebec and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, she now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Author
Suddenly, So Much (Exile Editions, 2005)
Belonging (Sono Nis Press, 1997)
Bewildered Rituals (Polestar Book Publishers, 1992)
The Speed of The Wheel Is Up to the Potter (Quarry Press, 1990)
Editor
In Fine Form – The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (with Kate Braid
), Polestar Book Publishers, 2005 (now available from Tightrope Books).
Working For a Living, published as a special double issue of Room of One's Own
(vol. 12 #s 2 & 3, 1988, 208 pp).
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
. Sandy has published four poetry collections, most recently Suddenly, So Much. Recent work has appeared in her chapbook, Cedar Cottage Suite (Leaf Press, 2010) and the journals Literary Canada Review, Exile, and The Windsor Review. A new chapbook, Level Crossing, is forthcoming from The Alfred Gustav Press in 2012. She co-edited, with Kate Braid, the anthology In Fine Form – The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (Polestar, 2005, now available from Tightrope Books), edited Working For A Living, a collection of poems and stories by women about their work (Room of One’s Own, 1988) and founded BC’s "Poetry in Transit," program, which has been displaying BC
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
poetry in SkyTrain
SkyTrain (Vancouver)
SkyTrain is a light rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks, running mostly on elevated guideways, which helps SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability...
cars and buses across the province since 1996. Her work is widely anthologized and has won the Earle Birney Prize for Poetry and been short listed for the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award and the National Magazine Awards for poetry. Born in Quebec and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, she now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Author
Suddenly, So Much (Exile Editions, 2005)
Belonging (Sono Nis Press, 1997)
Bewildered Rituals (Polestar Book Publishers, 1992)
The Speed of The Wheel Is Up to the Potter (Quarry Press, 1990)
Editor
In Fine Form – The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (with Kate Braid
Kate Braid
Kathleen Braid is a Canadian poet.Born in Calgary, Alberta, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec. Her poetry has won several awards including the Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman and the Vancity Book Prize...
), Polestar Book Publishers, 2005 (now available from Tightrope Books).
Working For a Living, published as a special double issue of Room of One's Own
Room of One's Own
Room is a Canadian quarterly literary journal founded to showcase the work of established and emerging Canadian women writers and visual artists. Launched in Vancouver in 1975 by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Publishing Society, the journal has always been operated by an all-volunteer...
(vol. 12 #s 2 & 3, 1988, 208 pp).