Shannon Stewart (poet)

Shannon Stewart is a Canadian writer living in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Writing

Stewart's first collection of poetry, The Canadian Girl, was published in 1998, and was a finalist for the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award and Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Book of Poetry.[1] Her second collection, Penny Dreadful, was published in 2008 and was shortlisted for a ReLit Award.[2] One of Stewart's tabloid poems inspired by The Weekly World News tabloid was metafictively featured in its online site.[3]/ [4]/

Poetry titles

Children's titles

References

  1. The Canadian Girl Harbour Publishing. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. Jones, Patty (16 October 2008). "Shannon Stewart faces the dreadful with sly humour". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. Vann, Tap (7 April 2009). "Tabloid Inspired Poems". The Weekly World News. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. Deveraux, Danielle (3 June 2009). "The Tale of a Poet Addicted to Tabloids". Maisonneuve. Retrieved 2 August 2014.


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