Mary Dalton was born in Lake View, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. She has studied at the University of Toronto, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the University of Liverpool. She now lives in St. John's and teaches in the Department of English at Memorial University. She was editor and copublisher of the Newfoundland literary magazine TickleAce from 1980 to 1986. She currently edits the interdisciplinary journal Newfoundland Studies.
Awards
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award, 1997.
TickleAce Cabot Award, 1998.
Selected Publications
The Time of Icicles. (Breakwater Books, 1989).
Allowing the Light. (Breakwater Books, 1993).
Wild on the Crest: Sea Poems, Newfoundland and Labrador. (Co-editor).
(Jeroboam Books, 1995).
Selected Anthologies
Banked Fires: An Anthology of Newfoundland Poetry. (H. Cuff Publications,
1989).
Choice Atlantic: Writers of Newfoundland and the Maritimes. (Breakwater
Books, 1990).
Signatures: Newfoundland Women Artists and Writers. (Killick Press
with Eastern Edge Gallery, 1996).
Books in Print
Dalton, Mary
Allowing the Light. Breakwater Books, 1993. ISBN: 1-55081-073-1.
The Time of Icicles. Breakwater Books, 1989. $19.95 ISBN: 0-920911-73-0
(hb); $17.95 ISBN: 1-55081-039-1 (pb).
Wild on the Crest: Sea Poems. (Co-editor). Jeroboam Books, 1995. ISBN:
0-9699236-0-0.
Mary Dalton, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's NF A1C 3R8, (709) 737-8043