Maja Bannerman was born in Toronto and grew up in Ottawa and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She is a poet, singer-songwriter, and performing artist. She has travelled across Canada performing in galleries, libraries, cafés, classrooms, and at festivals. Her one woman show of monologues and songs, First and Third Person, was produced at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille in 1994. She is a continuing contributor to the literary periodical paperplates. Currently she is living in Niagara-on-the-Lake and performing original Living History in text and song.
Selected Publications
Songs, Poems, and Performance Pieces. (blewointment press, 1984).
Future Perfect (tape). (Onari Recordings, 1984).
The Golden Veil (tape). (White Jasmin Publishers, 1988).
Make a Wish (tape). (White Jasmin Publishers, 1993).
Selected Anthologies
Poets in the Classroom. (Pembroke Publishers/The League of Canadian
Poets, 1995).
urban/rural: women, writing & place. (The League of Canadian Poets,
Living Archives, 1995).
Siolence. (Quarry Press, 1997).
Poet in the School
(Niagara-on-the-Lake)
phone: 905-468-5739
Bannerman is a poet, singer-songwriter and performing artist. She has travelled across Canada performing her poetry in galleries, libraries, community centres and classrooms. Bannerman's visits have included theatre arts, music, creative writing and media high school classes. Currently she is living in Niagara-on-the-Lake and performing original Living History in text and song.
Grade Levels: 9 - OAC
Fees: standard
Classroom Approach:
Using
audio tapes, pictures, anecdotes and samples of her own work, Bannerman discusses
and demonstrates how these devices can be used to stimulate the writing process.
Students are also encouraged to look at their own lives and to translate their
personal experiences into poetry. Sessions can also include time for students
to write and read their work using tapes and pictures to encourage the use of
the imagination.