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| Name | Alice Major |
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| Location | Edmonton |
| Biography | Alice has published eight collections of poetry and a novel for young adults and served as the first poet laureate for the city of Edmonton from 2005-2007. She came to Edmonton the long way round. She grew up in Dumbarton Scotland a small town on the banks of the Clyde not far from Glasgow. Her family came to Canada when she was eight and she grew up in Toronto before coming west to work as a reporter on The Williams Lake Tribune in British Columbia. Her writing has been recognized in a number of competitions. She has been an active supporter of the arts and writing community: as past president of the League of Canadian Poets past president of the Writers Guild of Alberta past chair of the Edmonton Arts Council and founder of the Edmonton Poetry Festival |
| Publications | The Office Tower Tales Edmonton University of Alberta Press 2008The Occupied World Edmonton University of Alberta Press 2006Some Bones and a Story Toronto Wolsak and Wynn 2001Corona Radiata Toronto St. Thomas Press 2000Tales for an Urban Sky Fredricton: Broken Jaw Press 1999Lattice of the Years Calgary: Bayeux Arts 1999.Time Travels Light Edmonton: Rowan 1992The Chinese Mirror Toronto: Clarke Irwin 1988 |
| Awards | Alberta Trade Fiction Book of the Year Alberta Book Publishers Association of Alberta 2009 for The Office Tower Tales.Pat Lowther Award best book of poetry by a Canadian woman sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets 2009 for The Office Tower Tales.Shortlisted Stephan G. Stephanson Award Writers Guild of Alberta for The Occupied World 2007 and Tales for an Urban Sky 2000Shortlisted Pat Lowther Award for Some Bones and a Story 2002Winner Malahat Review Long Poem Competition 2001Winner Poets Corner Award for Tales for an Urban Sky 1999.Shortlisted City of Edmonton Book Prize for Lattice of the Years 1999 Tales for an Urban Sky 2000 The Office Tower Tales 2009 |
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