Glen Sorestad

Glen Sorestad, a Life Member of the League of Canadian Poets, was born in Vancouver, but has lived in Saskatchewan most of his life. He taught school for over twenty years, founded Thistledown Press with his wife Sonia, and remained its President until he and Sonia retired from publishing in 2000. Sorestad was appointed the first Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan in November, 2000. He and Sonia have lived in Saskatoon since 1967. Sorestad has over a dozen books of poetry to his credit and his poems have appeared in over 40 anthologies and textbooks. He has given public readings of his work in every province of Canada, in 15 U.S. states,as well as in France, Norway, Finland and Slovenia.

Awards
Saskatchewan Writers Guild Founders Award, 1990.
League of Canadian Poets, Life Member, 1998.
Appointed Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan, 2000.
Saskatoon Book Award, 2001.
Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, 2003.

Selected Publications
Prairie Pub Poems. (Thistledown Press, 1976).
Ancestral Dances. (Thistledown Press, 1979).
Jan Lake Poems. (Harbour Publishing, 1984).
Hold the Rain in Your Hands. (Coteau Books, 1985).
Air Canada Owls. (Nightwood Editions, 1990) ISBN 0-88971-070-8.
West Into Night. (Thistledown Press, 1991) ISBN 0-920633-87-0.
Icons of Flesh. (Ekstasis Editions, 1998) ISBN 0-896860-28-1.
Today I Belong To Agnes (Ekstasis Editions, 2000) ISBN 1-896860-73-7.
Leaving Holds Me Here (Thistledown Press, 2001) ISBN 1-894345-32-0.
Dreaming My Grandfather's Dreams (Frog Hollow Press, 2002) ISBN 0-9689907-5-4.
Grasses & Gravestones, (Smoky Peace Press, 2003) ISBN 0-9685623-3-7.
Blood & Bone, Ice & Stone (Thistledown Press, 2005) ISBN: 1-894345-97-5

Selected Anthologies
A Sudden Radiance: Saskatchewan Poetry. (Coteau Books, 1987).
Inscriptions: A Prairie Poetry Anthology. (Turnstone Press, 1992).
In the Clear. (Thistledown Press, 1998).

Books in Print
Sorestad, Glen
Blood & Bone, Ice & Stone (Thistledown Press, 2005) ISBN: 1-894345-97-5, $15.95
Grasses & Gravestones, Poetry (Smoky Peace Press, 2003), $16.00, ISBN 0-9685623-3-7.
Dreaming My Grandfather's Dreams (Frog Hollow Press, 2002) ISBN 0-9689907-5-4.
Leaving Holds Me Here Poetry (Thistledown Press, 2001) ISBN 1-894345-32-0, $18.95.
Today I Belong To Agnes Poetry (Ekstasis Editions, 2000) ISBN 1-896860-73-7, $12.95.
Icons of Flesh.Poetry ( Ekstasis Editons, 1998) ISBN: 0-896860-28-1, $12.95.
West Into Night. Poetry (Thistledown Press, 1991) ISBN: 0-920633-87-0, $11.00.
Air Canada Owls. Poetry ( Nightwood Editions, 1990) $8.95 ISBN: 0-88971-070-8, $8.95.

Glen Sorestad, 108 - 835 Heritage Green, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7H 5S5 Canada, (306) 374-1730
g.sorestad@sasktel.net