Awards
Banff Centre Pilot Project in Writing, 1980.
Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontrio Writers Award, 1982, 1987
and 1991.
Selected Publications
Cankerville. (Borealis Press, 1984).
Oatmeal Mittens (children's book). (Borealis Press, 1987).
My Underwear's Inside Out. (Quarry Press, 1991).
How Do You Wrestle a Goldfish? (Borealis Press, 1997).
Lifting the Bull: Back Pain, Fibromyalgia and Environmental Illness.
(Quarry Press, forthcoming).
Selected Anthologies
Impressions Series. (Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1987-1990).
Writers on Writing. (Grolier, 1989).
Till All The Stars Have Fallen. (Kids Can Press, 1991).
Many other anthologies for children and schools in Canada, Britain and the USA
Books in Print
Dawber, Diane
Cankerville. Borealis Press, 1984. $24.95 ISBN: 0-88887-951-2 (hb); $8.95
ISBN: 0-88887-953-9 (pb).
How Do You Wrestle a Goldfish? Borealis Press, 1997.
My Underwear's Inside Out: The Care and Feeding of Young Poets. Quarry
Press, 1991. $12.95 ISBN: 1-55082-010-9 (hb); $7.95 ISBN: 1-55082-011-7 (pb).
Oatmeal Mittens (children's book). Borealis Press, 1987. $22.95 ISBN:
0-88887-875-3 (hb); $7.95 ISBN: 0-88887-877-X (pb).
Diane Dawber, RR #3, Bath ON, K0H 1G0
Phone: 613-389-7179
dawberm@post.kos.net
http://members.xoom.com/ddawber
Poet in the School
(Bath, Ontario)
phone: 613-389-7179
Diane Dawber’s newest book, My Cake’s On Fire!, will be available from Borealis Press in the fall of 2000. It follows on the success of How Do You Wrestle a Goldfish? Borealis, 1997, My Underwear’s Inside Out, Quarry, 1991 and Oatmeal Mittens, Borealis, 1987. Her work is also available in ‘Til All the Stars Have Fallen, Kids Can, 1989, the Gr. 4,5, 6 and 7 Impressions series from HBJ-Holt and many other anthologies internationally such as the Hutchinson Treasury of Poetry for Children. An earlier book, Cankerville, Borealis, 1984, has been used in high schools and universities and with survivors of suicide. She is also author of two recent non-fiction books, Lifting the Bull and Reading to Heal, Quarry Press, 1999, about her adventures recovering from FM and MCS with nutritional medicine.
Grade Levels: K-13 OAC
Fees: standard
Classroom Approach:
If
you want students to write with their own unique voices, if you want students
to feel the value of their own experiences in their work, if you want to boost
students on the quest for skills and the desire to make their writing clearer
to others and if you want everyone to ENJOY the process, just invite Diane Dawber
to your classroom. No preparation necessary. Her books for children with their
poems and tips on writing will help you keep the momentum going long after she’s
gone.