Margo Button was born in St.Andrew, N.B. She holds an honours
B.A. from the University of Toronto in French, Spanish and History,
a Masters in French from the University of British Columbia and
a teaching certificate from the University of London, England.
She taught high school for twenty years in Canada, and in international
schools in Lebanon, Hong Kong and Chile. She now lives in Nanoose
Bay, B.C. Her first book was made into a stage performance by
the same name by Welcome Wood Productions in Kingston, Ontario
in May 1998.
Awards
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award, 1996.
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, short list, 1997.
Petra Kenny Contest, 3rd place, 1997
Arc's Confederation Poets Award for the best poem published in Arc in 2002: "Interviews at the Elders' Palace."
Long Poem Contest at The Malahat, winner, 2005.
Selected Publications The Unhinging of Wings (Oolichan Books, 1996).
The Shadows Fall Behind (Oolichan Books, 2000). The Elders' Palace (Oolichan Books, 2002) ISBN 0-88982-214-X. Blue Dahlias (Leaf Press, 2006) ISBN: 0-9780536-0-5.
Selected Anthologies 1995-96 Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook
of American Poetry. (Monitor Books, 1997). Vintage'94, '95, '96, Vintage'97/98. (Quarry Press)..
Sandburg-Livesay anthology. (Mekler & Deahl, 1998)
Mocambo Nights (Ekstasis Editions, 2001) ISBN: 1-896860-90-7 The Cut, New Nelson Writing (Orchard Press, 2004) ISBN: 0-9583637-3-0 Letting Go: An Anthology of Loss and Survival (Black Moss Press, 2005) ISBN: 0-88753393-0
Books in Print
Button, Margo The Unhinging of Wings. (Poetry) Oolichan Books, 1996.
ISBN 0-88982-162-3, $12.95
The Shadows Fall Behind (Poetry) Oolichan Books, 2000
ISBN 0-88982-184-4, $15.95. The Elders' Palace (Oolichan Books, 2002) ISBN 0-88982-214-X.
