Elizabeth Bachinsky (born May 10, 1976) is a Canadian poet. She has published four collections since 2005: ''Curio'', ''Home of Sudden Service'', ''God of Missed Connections'', and ''The Hottest Summer in Recorded History''. Her second book, ''Home of Sudden Service'', was nominated for a 2006 Governor General's Award for Poetry. Bachinsky's work has appeared in literary journals and anthologies in Canada, the U.S., France, Ireland, the U.K., China and Lebanon.
Personal life
Bachinsky was born on May 10, 1976, in
Regina, Saskatchewan
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, and grew up in
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 74,004 in the metropolitan area. It is often called the province's "northern capital" or sometimes the "spruce capital" because it is the hub city for ...
. She has an MFA in creative writing from the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...
. She lives in
Vancouver
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, British Columbia, where she teaches creative writing at
Douglas College
Douglas College is the largest public degree-granting college institution in British Columbia, Canada. Close to 17,000 credit students, 8,500 continuing education students and 4,210 international students are enrolled here. Douglas College o ...
. From 2006 to 2014, she was the editor of ''
Event
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'', a Vancouver literary journal.
Prizes and honours
*2004: Nominee,
Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award
The RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer who has not yet published his or her first book. Formerly restricted to writers under age 35, the age li ...
*2006: Nominee,
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
This is a list of recipients and nominees of the Governor General's Awards award for English-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English language poetry or drama was divided.Kobzar Literary Award KOBZAR Book Award is a biennial literary award that "recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who develop a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit". The prize is . It is awarded in one of several genres: liter ...
*2009: Nominee,
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.[George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature The George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature is a literary award given to a British Columbian author "who has achieved an outstanding degree of social awareness in a new book published in the preceding calendar year." The prize was creat ...]
Bibliography
Poetry
*2005: ''Curio'' BookThug
*2006: ''Home of Sudden Service'' Nightwood Editions
*2009: ''God of Missed Connections'' Nightwood Editions
*2012: ''I Don't Feel So Good'' BookThug
*2013: ''The Hottest Summer in Recorded History'' Nightwood Editions
Anthologies
*2004: ''Pissing Ice: An Anthology of "New" Canadian Poets'' BookThug
*2005: ''In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry'' Polestar
*2008: ''Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets'' Biblioasis
*2009: ''Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire'' Arsenal Pulp Press
*2009: ''How the Light Gets In'' University of New Waterford, Ireland
*2009: ''Verse Map of Vancouver'' Anvil Press
See also
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Canadian literature
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Canadian poetry
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List of Canadian poets
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*Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
*Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
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References
External links
Elizabeth BachinskyRecords of Nightwood Editions are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
1976 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian women writers
Canadian women poets
People from Prince George, British Columbia
University of British Columbia alumni
Writers from Regina, Saskatchewan
Writers from Vancouver
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