Awards, Readings and Recent Publications

AWARDS:

ARC’s Confederation Poetry Prize, 2010.

THE NEW QUARTERLY, second prize, The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest, 2010

THE ANTIGONISH REVIEW, third prize, 2010

READINGS:

SUNDAY, November 14th, Legacy Cafe, Victoria, from 3 – 5 p.m. Launch of fall issue of the Malahat Review and Best Canadian Poetry in English.

TUESDAY, November 2nd. At the Mike: Fort Cafe, 7PM. Along with Terence Young, Sandy Frances Duncan and George Szanto. Beer, wine, tea/coffee will be served. Admission is free. Books will be sold by Cadboro Bay Books.

SATURDAY, October 23, 2010, Argo Cafe, launch of Best Canadian Poetry 2009 and 2010 at the Vancouver Writers Festival.

SATURDAY, October 16th, Whistler Writers Festival, Aava Hotel, 7:30 — 10:00 p.m.

MONDAY, October 4th, 2010, Vancouver Island University, Duncan Campus, along with Terence Young and Gerald Bierne

THURSDAY, September, 30th, 7 pm – one night only! PRESENT/TENSE 5, Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra at Johnson, Suddenly Dance Theatre, Romp: poetry and dance.

SATURDAY, September 25th, 2010, 7:30, Art Gallery of Victoria, Sono Nis BOOK LAUNCH of An Auto-Erotic History of Swings, along with Susan Stenson and Dorothy Field.

THURSDAY, September 23, 2010, with Eve Jospeh, St. Michael’s University School, the Cricket House, 7:30 p. m.

MONDAY, September 20th, with Eve Joseph. Pen-in-Hand Reading Series, at Serious Coffee in the Cook Street Village, Victoria, B. C. 7:30 – 9:30.

WEDNESDAY, September 1, 2010, with Terence Young. Metchosin Community House, 4430 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin, 7:30 – 9:30 pm.

PUBLICATIONS:

Poem in the LITERARY REVIEW OF CANADA, Winter, 2010

Poem in Best Canadian Poetry in English, 2010, ed. Lorna Crozier, Tightrope Books

Poem in NEW QUARTERLY, Fall 2010

Three poems in ANTIGONISH REVIEW, Fall, 2010

Two poems in EVENT, Fall, 2010

Three poems in THE MALAHAT REVIEW, Fall, 2010

Book review in THE FIDDLEHEAD, Summer 2010

Four poems in LIMINUS, Memorial Unversity’s Anniversary Issue, Summer, 2010

Prose piece in THE NEW QUARTERLY, Summer 2010, Extra Issue

Long Poem in PRAIRIE FIRE, Winter 2009-2010

Three poems in THE NEW QUARTERLY, Spring 2010, The List Issue

Poem in GEIST, Spring 2010

Poem in CANADIAN LITERATURE, 2010

Poem in PRISM INTERNATIONAL, Spring 2010

Poem in Best Canadian Poetry in English, ed. A. M. Moritz, Tightrope Books, 2009

About Patricia Young

Patricia Young is an award-winning poet and writer living in Victoria, BC, Canada. More…

Launched on September 25th at the Victoria Art Gallery

Cover: An Autoerotic History of Swings

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