Phyllis Webb

Phyllis Webb, a Life Member of the League of Canadian Poets, was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1927. She was educated at the University of British Columbia and McGill University, and has taught Creative Writing at the University of Victoria. For many years she worked as a writer and broadcaster for the CBC. In 1965 she created the CBC Radio programme, Ideas, with William A. Young, and was its Executive Producer from 1967 to 1969. She has taught Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, and the Banff Centre, and was writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in 1980-81. She now lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.

Awards
Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry, 1982.
Canada Council Senior Arts Awards, 1981, 1987.
Officer of the Order of Canada, 1992.

Selected Publications
Trio (with Gael Turnbull and Eli Mandel). (Contact Press, 1954).
Even Your Right Eye. (McClelland & Stewart, 1956).
A Sea Is Also A Garden. (Ryerson Press, 1962).
Naked Poems. (Periwinkle Press, 1965).
Wilson's Bowl. (Coach House Press, 1980).
The Vision Tree: Selected Poems. (Talonbooks, 1982).
Talking. (essays). (Quadrant Editions, 1982).
Water and Light: Ghazals and Anti-Ghazals. (Coach House Press, 1984).
Hanging Fire. (Coach House Press, 1990).

Selected Anthologies
15 Canadian Poets+5. (Oxford University Press, 1978).
The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English. (Oxford University Press, 1982).
Canadian Poetry, Vol. 2. (General Publishing/ECW Press, 1982).

Books in Print
Webb, Phyllis
Hanging Fire. Coach House Press, 1990. $12.95 ISBN: 0-88910-391-7.
The Vision Tree: Selected Poems. Talonbooks, 1982. $13.95 ISBN: 0-88922-202-9.
Water and Light: Ghazals and Anti-Ghazals. Coach House Press, 1984. $12.95 ISBN: 0-88910-294-5.