Cathy Ford

Cathy Ford was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, and grew up in northern British Columbia. She has a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia (1978). She now lives on Mayne Island, and in Sidney, B.C., working as poet and fictioniste, publisher, editor, and teacher. She was President of the League of Canadian Poets in 1985/86, and one of the founding members of the League's Feminist Caucus in 1982. From 1984 to 1986 she was a member of a national task force of Women and Words, working to create a draft constitution for a national association of PanCanadian Women and Words. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Literary Storefront from 1980 to 1982, and is also a member of the Federation of British Columbia Writers and PEN.

Selected Publications
Tall Trees. (blewointment press, 1977).
the murdered dreams awake. (Caitlin Press, 1979, 1980).
The Womb Rattles its Pod. (Véhicule Press, 1981).
Affaires of the Heart. (Harbour Publishing, 1983).
By Violent Means. (blewointment press/Nightwood Editions, 1983).
The Desiring Heart. (Caitlin Press, 1985).
Saffron, Rose and Flame: The Joan of Arc Poems. (Gynergy Books, 1989).
Sexing the Angels (chapbook). (erosisarose press, 1996).
Cunnilingus, or How I Learned to Love Figure Skating. (Mothertongue Press, 1997).
A Murder of Crows, poem for mayday. (The Word is Out Press, 1996).

Selected Anthologies
Stats, Memos & Memory. (Living Archives Series, The League of Canadian Poets, 1992).
What is a Nice Feminist? (Living Archives Series, The League of Canadian Poets, 1993).
Clayoquot Diary 1994. (Clayoquot Resource Centre, 1993).

Books in Print
Ford, Cathy
A Murder of Crows, poem for mayday. The Word is Out Press, 1996.
Affaires of the Heart. Harbour Publishing, 1983. $5.95 ISBN: 0-920080-52-9.
By Violent Means. blewointment press/Nightwood Editions, 1983. $7.00 ISBN: 0-88971-089-9.
Cunnilingus, or How I Learned to Love Figure Skating. MotherTongue Press, 1997. ISBN: 0-9698904-9-4.
Saffron, Rose and Flame: The Joan of Arc Poems. Gynergy Books, 1989. $6.95 ISBN: 0-921881-07-X.
Sexing the Angels. erosisarose press, 1996.
The Womb Rattles its Pod. Vâhicule Press, 1981. $4.95 ISBN: 0-919890-31-8.