Sandy Shreve was born in Matane, Quebec in 1950 and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick. She received her B.A. in Canadian history from the University of new Brunswick in 1973. Shreve lives in Vancouver, B.C. where she works as the communications officer for the Legal Services Society. Previously she worked in a variety of jobs including secretary, library assistant, reporter, and, for more than eight years, departmental assistant for the Women's Studies Department at Simon Fraser University. Shreve founded Poetry in Transit, a project that displays BC poetry in SkyTrain cars and buses across the province.
Awards
Alberta Poetry Competition, first prize, humour, 1980.
Fiddlehead contest, finalist, 1995.
Malahat Long Poem Competition, finalist, 1995.
Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award, finalist, 1998.
2001 Earle Birney Prize for Poetry.
Honourable Mention, National Magazine Awards for Poetry, 2000.
Selected Publications
The Speed of the Wheel is Up to the Potter. (Quarry Press, 1990).
Bewildered Rituals. (Polestar Press, 1992).
Belonging. (Sono Nis Press, 1997).
Suddenly, So Much (Exile Editions, 2005) ISBN: 1-55096-652-9
Selected Anthologies
More Than Our Jobs. (Pulp, 1991).
Living in Harmony: Woman and Nature Writing in Canada. (Orca Publishers,
1996).
Through the Smoky End Boards. (Polestar Press, 1996).
Landmarks, An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land (The Acorn Press, 2001) ISBN: 0-9698606-9-2
In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (edited, with Kate Braid; Polestar, 2005) ISBN: 1-55192-777-2
Companions and Horizons (West Coast Line, 2005) ISBN: 0-9683182-1-5
Las Sagradas Superficies / The Holy Surfaces (selected and translated into Spanish by Claudia Lucotti; Mexico: Editorial Aldus, S.A., 2005) ISBN: 970-714-101-8
Books in Print
Shreve, Sandy
Suddenly, So Much (Exile Editions, 2005) $17.95 ISBN: 1-55096-652-9.
Belonging. Sono Nis Press, 1997. $12.95 ISBN 1-55039-073-2.
Sandy Shreve, 3598 Marshall St, Vancouver BC V5N 4S4, (604) 876-8590
sshreve@direct.ca