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| Name | Steven Ross Smith |
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| Location | Banff, Alberta |
| Biography | Steven Ross Smith is a poet, sound poet, prose writer and arts journalist. He is the current Banff Poet Laureate. His latest poetry book is "Emanations: Fluttertongue 6". His work appears in Canada, USA, and abroad. He was the founding Director of Sage Hill Writing Experience. Find him at: fluttertongue.ca |
| Publications | BOOKS « Emanations: Fluttertongue 6. BookThug, 2015. Poetry « Fluttertongue 5: Everything Appears to Shine with Mossy Splendour, Turnstone Press, Spring, 2011. Poetry « Fluttertongue 4: adagio for the pressured surround. NeWest Press, 2007. Poetry « Celebrating Saskatchewan Artists. Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, May, 2006. Non-fiction « Fluttertongue 3: disarray. Turnstone Press, Spring 2005. Poetry « Fluttertongue Book 2, The Book of Emmett. Hagios Press, Fall 1999. Poetry « Fluttertongue Book 1, the book of games. Thistledown Press, Fall 1998. Poetry « Lures. The Mercury Press, 1997. Fiction « Reading My Father's Book. Wolsak & Wynn Publishers, 1995. Poetry « Transient Light. The Mercury Press, 1990. Poetry « Sleepwalkers. Underwhich Editions, 1987. Concrete & Sound Poetry « blind zone. Aya Press, 1985. Poetry « Ritual Murders. Turnstone Press, 1983. Fiction |
| Awards | AWARDS. « Plinyês Knickers, collaboration with Hilary Clark & Betsy Rosenwald. Winner, bpNichol Chapbook Award, 2006. « Fluttertongue: 3, disarray. Winner, Book of the Year Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2005 « Fluttertongue: Book 2, The Book of Emmett. Short-listed, Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry, 2000 « Lures, Short-listed, Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction, 1998 |
| Experience | In 1996-97 he was Writer-In-Residence at the Saskatoon Public Library. He is also a founding editor with Underwhich Editions, and was Executive Director of the Sage Hill Writing Experience from 1990-2008. He has given more than 200 readings from his own work. He served as Director of Literary Arts at The Banff Centre, 2008-2014. In 2014 he returned to his own writing practice, focusing on poetry, fiction, essays, and arts and literary journalism. Smith has performed and/or been published in England, Holland, Russia, Portugal, the USA, and in Canada. |
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