Elizabeth Bachinsky
Elizabeth Bachinsky | |
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| Born | May 10, 1976 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Genre | poetry |
| Notable works | God of Missed Connections |
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
[edit | edit source]Bachinsky was born on May 10, 1976, in Regina, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Prince George, British Columbia.[1] She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she teaches creative writing at Douglas College. From 2006 to 2014, she was the editor of Event, a Vancouver literary journal.[2]
Prizes and honours
[edit | edit source]- 2004: Nominee, Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award
- 2006: Nominee, Governor General's Award for English-language poetry (for Home of Sudden Service)
- 2009: Nominee, Kobzar Literary Award
- 2009: Nominee, Pat Lowther Award
- 2010: Shortlist, George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Poetry
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bachinsky at The Writers' Union of Canada
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Elizabeth Bachinsky Archived 2016-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Records of Nightwood Editions are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
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- 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
- Poets from Vancouver
- Poets from Saskatchewan
- Academic staff of Douglas College
- Canadian poet stubs