Kate Bitney was born in England, grew up in Saskatchewan, and has lived in Winnipeg since 1971. She is a founder of the Manitoba Writers Guild and of the literary journal Prairie Fire. Her teaching experience includes numerous writing workshops, three years as a mentor in the Manitoba Writers Guild Mentor Programme, and a stint as writerinresidence at the Winnipeg Public Library. Selections from her work were broadcast on CBC Radio Arts Encounters. She currently studies Religion at the University of Manitoba.
Selected Publications
While You Were Out. (Turnstone Press, 1980).
Heart and Stone. (Turnstone Press, 1989).
Singing Bone. (The Muses Company, 1997).
Selected Anthologies
The Third Taboo: A Collection of Poems on Jealousy. (Wolsak and Wynn,
1983)
Section Lines: A Manitoba Anthology. (Turnstone Press, 1988).
Towards 2000: Poetry for the Future. (Fifth House Publishers, 1991).
Books in Print
Bitney, Katharine
Mary Heart and Stone. Turnstone Press, 1989. $8.95 ISBN: 0-88801-135-0.
Singing Bone. The Muses Company, 1997. $12.95 ISBN 1-896239-22-6.
While You Were Out. Turnstone Press, 1980. $6.00 ISBN: 0-88801-027-3.
K. M. Bitney 454 Locksley Bay Winnipeg MB R2K 2Y6 (204) 667-0743
umbitney@cc.umanitoba.ca