Catherine Owen is a Canadian poet, writer, and performer.

Early life

Catherine Owen, the eldest of five siblings was born and raised in Vancouver. At 11, her short story won a Catholic school writing contest. As a teenager, Owen wrote and performed public readings of her poetry. Owen currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.

Career

In 1998, her first work was published by

Exile Editions Exile Editions is an independent literary publisher based in Toronto. It was founded in 1976 by poet, novelist and artist Barry Callaghan and is currently headed by Michael Callaghan. Exile has published over 320 titles to date, including a wide ...

. Since then, she has published a number of literary, non-fiction and poetry works. She regularly reviews poetry for Canadian publications. As a musician she has played with the metal bands Inhuman an
Helgrind
and has a solo project called Grieve. She has also performed several one-woman plays. Owen runs the performance series 94th Street Trobairitz, and hosts a podcast named ''Ms Lyric's Poetry Outlaws.'' She has a web series named ''The Reading Queen,'' about literature aimed at children.

Publications

* ''The Other 23 and a Half Hours or Everything You Wanted To Know That Your MFA Didn't Teach You'' (Wolsak & Wynn, 2015) * ''The Day of the Dead'', a collection of short stories (Caitlin Press, 2016) * ''Locations of Grief: an emotional geography'', an anthology of Canadian grief memoirs (Wolsak & Wynn, 2020) * The Life and Work of Egon Schiele (Exile Editions, 1998)

Awards

* Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry in 2010.

Nominations

* Gerald Lampert Award (1999) * BC Book Prize (2002) * George Ryga Award * Re-lit Prize (2006, 2018) *

Pat Lowther Award The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian women poets Simon Fraser University alumni