Sandy Shreve was born in Quebec and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick. She has also lived in Fredericton and, ever so briefly, in Halifax, Victoria and a tiny mountain village in France. She received her B.A. in Canadian history from the University of New Brunswick. She now lives in Vancouver, B.C. Her paid jobs have included communications manager, student advisor and conference organiser, secretary, library assistant and reporter. She 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
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
In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (edited, with Kate Braid; Polestar, 2005) ISBN: 1-55192-777-2
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
Website: http://shreve.shawwebspace.ca/