Julia McCarthy (1964-2021) was a

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poet."Nova Scotia poet among Governor General's Literary Award finalists"
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'', October 4, 2017. She was most noted for her 2017 collection ''All the Names Between'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the

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. The collection was also honoured with the

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(formerly the Atlantic Poetry Prize).Tara Thorne
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'', May 11, 2018. McCarthy previously published the poetry collections ''Stormthrower'' (2002) and ''Return from Erebus'' (2010). ''Return from Erebus'' won the Poetry Award from the

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in 2012."Julia McCarthy on Duality, Elegy, and Overlap in Her Third Poetry Collection"
''Open Book'', July 18, 2017. Originally from

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, McCarthy lived in various places (Alaska and Georgia in the U.S., Norway, South Africa) before moving to Nova Scotia, where she lived for many years in the Annapolis Valley as a freelance writer, editor and potter.

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1964 births 2021 deaths 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian women poets Poets from Toronto Writers from Nova Scotia People from Hants County, Nova Scotia 21st-century Canadian women writers {{Canada-poet-stub