Robert Hilles

Robert Hilles divides his time between Calgary and Salt Spring Island with his partner Pearl Luke. He won the Governor Generalšs Award for Poetry for Cantos From A Small Room. In the same year, his first novel, Raising of Voices, won the Writers Guild of Alberta George Bugnet Award for best novel. He has published eleven books of poetry and three books of prose. His most recent book of poetry is Higher Ground.  His second novel, A Gradual Ruin, will be published by Doubleday Canada in the spring of 2004.

Awards
1994 Writer's Guild of Alberta Best Novel Award for Raising of Voices.
1994 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry for Cantos from a Small Room.
1996 Finalist for the Writer's Guild of Alberta Best Short Fiction Award for Near Morning.
1997 Finalist for the Writer's Guild of Alberta Best Poetry Book Award for Nothing Vanishes.
1997 Finalist for the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Award for Kissing the Smoke.
1998 Finalist for the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award for Breathing Distance.

Selected Publications
An Angel in the Works. (Oolichan Books, 1983).
Outlasting the Landscape.(Thistledown Press, 1989).
Finding the Lights On. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1991).
A Breath at a Time. (Oolichan Books, 1992).
Raising of Voices (prose). (Black Moss Press, 1993).
Cantos From a Small Room. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1993).
Near Morning (short fiction). (Black Moss Press, 1995).
Kissing the Smoke (non-fiction). (Black Moss Press, 1996).
Nothing Vanishes. (Wolsak & Wynn, 1997).
Breathing Distance. (Black Moss Press, 1997).
Somewhere Between Obstacles and Pleasure. (Black Moss Press, 1999)
Higher Ground (River Books, 2001) ISBN 1-895836-80-8.
A Gradual Ruin (Doubleday, 2004).

Selected Anthologies
I Want to be the Poet of Your Kneecaps
Losers First
In the Clear ( Thistledown Press, 2000)
Henry's Creature (Black Moss Press, 2001)
Smaller Than God (Black Moss Press, 2002) ISBN: 0-88753-357-4.

Books in Print
Hilles, Robert
A Breath at a Time. Oolichan Books, 1992. $9.95 ISBN: 0-88982-110-0.
An Angel in the Works. Oolichan Books, 1983. $6.95 ISBN: 0-88982-052-X.
Breathing Distance. Black Moss Press, 1997. ISBN: 0-88753-297-7.
Cantos From a Small Room. Wolsak and Wynn, 1993. $10.00 ISBN: 0-919897-37-1.
Finding the Lights On. Wolsak and Wynn, 1991. $10.00 ISBN: 0-919897-27-4.
Nothing Vanishes. Wolsak and Wynn, 1997. $12.00 ISBN 0-919897-52-5.
Outlasting the Landscape. Thistledown Press, 1989. $22.00 ISBN: 0-920633-60-9 (hb); $16.00 ISBN: 0-920633-61-7 (pb).
Raising of Voices (prose). Black Moss Press, 1993. $14.95 ISBN: 0-88753-272-1.
Higher Ground (River Books, 2001) ISBN 1-895836-80-8

Robert Hilles, 111 Mount Baker Cr., Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2J7, phone: (403) 277-1772 or (250) -538 - 1961 fax: (403) 802-0129
e-mail: rhilles@telus.net
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