Sandy Shreve is a Canadian poet, editor and visual artist living on

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Biography

Raised in

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, Shreve moved to Pender Island after spending some 40 years in

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, British Columbia. Since that move, she has focused on

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, and exhibited her photos and paintings in a variety of exhibits on Pender and on

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. Shreve has written, edited and/or co-edited eight books and two

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s. Her latest poetry collection is ''Waiting for the Albatross''. Recent work has appeared in her chapbooks, ''Cedar Cottage Suite'' and ''Level Crossing''. Her work is widely anthologized and has won or been shortlisted for several awards, including the Earle Birney Prize (for "Elles", published in ''Prism Magazine'', 2000) and the Milton Acorn Peoples Poetry Award (for ''Belonging'', Sono Nis Press, 1997). She co-edited, with Kate Braid, the anthology ''In Fine Form – The Canadian Book of Form Poetry'' (2005) and ''In Fine Form, 2nd edition - A Contemporary Look and Canadian Form Poetry''(2016); 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.

Bibliography

*''Working For a Living'', published as a special double issue of '' Room of One's Own'' (vol. 12 #s 2 & 3, 1988, 208 pp) (as editor) *''The Speed of The Wheel Is Up to the Potter'' (Quarry Press, 1990) *''Bewildered Rituals'' (Polestar Book Publishers, 1992) *''Belonging'' (Sono Nis Press, 1997) *''In Fine Form – The Canadian Book of Form Poetry'' (Polestar Book Publishers, 2005; now available from Caitlin Press) (co-edited with

Kate Braid Kathleen (Kate) Braid (born March 19, 1947) is a Canadian poet. Born in Calgary, Alberta, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec, and graduated from Mount Allison University. Her poems and personal essays have been widely printed and anthologized. Sh ...

) *''Suddenly, So Much'', (Exile Editions, 2005) *''Cedar Cottage Suite'', (Leaf Press, 2010) *''Level Crossing'', (Alfred Gustav Press, Fall 2012) *''Waiting for the Albatross'', (Oolichan Books, 2015) *''In Fine Form, 2nd edition - A Contemporary Look at Canadian Form Poetry'' (Caitlin Preess,http://caitlin-press.com/ 2016) (co-edited with

)

References

External links

Canadian Poetry Online (University of Toronto)

Sandy Shreve's official site

ABC BookWorld, BC Literary History
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