Bernice Lever

Bernice Lever was a Professor of English at Seneca College. She was founder and an editor of Waves 1972-1987, coordinated Richvale Writers for 30 years, was the1998-99 Writer in Residence for the Toronto branch of the Canadian Authors' Association and is currently their national Grievance Chair. She has read on five continents, given workshops and published hundreds of prose pieces: literary and academic, but enjoys humour the most. In 1993-1995 she was the second Vice President and Treasurer of the League of Canadian Poets. "Poetry is the food of the soul.Ó

 

Awards
Town of Richmond Hill Outstanding Citizen Award, 1994.
Awards Celebration for the Arts by Town of Richmond Hill, 1995.

 

Selected Publications
Excuses for all Occasions. (Highway Book Shop, 1979).
Yet Woman, I Am. (Highway Book Shop, 1980).
Sometimes the Distance. (Mosaic Press, 1985).
The Waiting Room. (Highway Book Shop, 1993).
Things Unsaid. (Black Moss Press, 1996).

Blessings,  New & Selected Poems,  Black Moss Press, Oct. 2000

 

Selected Anthologies
Singing. (Editor). (Highway Book Shop, 1980).
Mix Six. (Mekler & Deahl, 1996).
Uncivilizing. (Insomniac Press, 1997).

 

Books in Print
Lever, Bernice
Sometimes the Distance. Mosaic Press, 1985. $7.95 ISBN: 0-88962-307-4.
The Waiting Room. Highway Book Shop, 1993. $4.95 ISBN: 0-88954-375-5.
Things Unsaid. Black Moss Press, 1996. $15.95 ISBN 0-88753-277-2.

Blessings,  New & Selected Poems,  Black Moss Press, Oct. 2000

 

Bernice Lever
blever2@hotmail.com
http://www.colourofwords.com