Carol Malyon

Carol Malyon was born in Toronto and kept intending to move on. She has a B.Sc.N. from the University of Toronto, obtained the long slow way at night school. She has been a nurse, worked in health research, owned a book store, and more recently been writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick.

Awards
Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly, second prize, poetry, 1983, 1987.
Penny Dreadful Short Story Contest, 1991.
Commonwealth Writers Prize (Canada and Caribbean), short list, first book of fiction, 1992.
SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, short list, 1994.

Selected Publications
Headstand. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1990).
The Edge of the World (fiction). (Mercury Press, 1991).
Emma's Dead. (Wolsak and Wynn, 1992).
If I Knew I'd Tell You (novel). (Mercury Press, 1993).
Lovers and Other Strangers. (Porcupine's Quill, 1996).
Mixed-up Grandmas. (Porcupines' Quill, 1998).

Selected Anthologies
Vivid: Stories by Five Women. (Aya/Mercury Press, 1989).
91: Best Canadian Stories. (Oberon Press, 1991). Vintage 91. (Sono Nis Press, 1992).
Porcupine's Quill Reader. (Porcupine's Quill, 1996).

Books in Print
Malyon, Carol
Emma's Dead. Wolsak and Wynn, 1992. $10.00 ISBN: 0-919897-31-2.
Headstand. Wolsak and Wynn, 1990. $10.00 ISBN: 0-919897-20-7.
If I Knew I'd Tell You (fiction). Mercury Press, 1993. $14.50 ISBN: 1-551280-03-5.
Lovers and Other Strangers. Porcupine's Quill, 1996. Mixed-up Grandmas. Porcupine's Quill, 1996. ISBN: 0-88984-169-1.
The Edge of the World (fiction). Mercury Press, 1991. $11.95 ISBN: 0-920544-79-7.

Carol Malyon, Box 272 Station F Toronto ON M4Y 2L7

 

Poet in the School
(Toronto)

phone: 416-690-8565

Malyon writes poetry and fiction. Her poetry books were published b Wolsak and Wynn. One is a poetry collection, Headstand; the other is a narrative poem, Emma's Dead, which consists of retrospective glimpses of a woman's life, beginning with her death and moving backward to her birth. The Edge of the World is a short story collection from Mercury Press, and a novel is forthcoming from the same press in 1993. Malyon is an ex-bookseller (Beaches Book Shop, Toronto), and has taught a writing workshop at George Brown College.

Grade Levels: 7 - OAC

Fees: standard

Classroom Approach:
Malyon will use a reading of her own work to discuss the writing process, how certain poems happened to be written, and draft changes that took place. She prefers general discussion to a formal presentation, and encourages students to interrupt, ask questions and participate. She might use classroom exercises to demonstrate ways students can discover their own creativity.