Jill MacLean
Born in England in 1941, Jill MacLean moved to Nova Scotia with her
family in 1950. After receiving her Bachelor of Science with honours
from Dalhousie University, she married, and worked at the Fisheries
Research Board until her daughter was born. Following the birth of her
son, she was employed by the pathology laboratory of Sydney City
Hospital and the biology department of Mount Allison University.
During the four years she lived in Prince Edward Island, she researched
an 18th century French settlement located near present-day Brudenell;
her monograph was published by the PEI Heritage Foundation. More
recently, she completed a Masters in Theological Studies at the
Atlantic School of Theology; her thesis juxtaposed Hebrew concepts of
chaos in the book of Job with modern chaos theory.
In the early nineties, MacLean joined a poetry group in Halifax and
began sending her work out. In 2000 she moved to Winnipeg, where George
Amabile was her mentor. She now lives in Nova Scotia. She volunteered
in a palliative care unit in Halfax, and as a dog walker at the SPCA in
Dartmouth and the Humane Society in Winnipeg. Gardening, kayaking,
canoeing and birding are among her interest. Her poems have been
published in a number of literary journals. The Brevity of Red is her first
collection.
Selected Publications
The Brevity of Red
(Signature Editions,
2003) ISBN 0-921833-92-X.
Books in Print
MacLean, Jill
The Brevity of Red (Signature Editions,
2003) ISBN 0-921833-92-X.
