Last updated 17-Jun-07

Rhona McAdam - Poetry Career

Books (Poetry Collections)
Cartography (Lantzville: Oolichan Books, 2006)
Crosswords (Victoria: Frog Hollow Press, 2003)
Old Habits (Saskatoon: Thistledown Press/London: Slow Dancer, 1993)
Creating the Country (Saskatoon: Thistledown Press, 1989)
Hour of the Pearl (Saskatoon: Thistledown Press, 1987)
Life in Glass (Edmonton: Longspoon Press, 1984)

Poetry Published in Anthologies and Textbooks
String to Bow: A Collection of Love Poems (Leaf Press, 2005); Echoes 12: Fiction, Media, and Non-Fiction (Oxford University Press, 2002); Inside Poetry (2nd Edition, Harcourt 2002); My Best Poetry Unit (St. Clair Press, Australia, 2002); The Dominion of Love: An Anthology of Canadian Love Poems ed. Tom Wayman (Harbour, 2001); Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Anthology 1989-1998; (Aldeburgh Poetry Trust, UK, 1999); 90 Poets of the Nineties, ed. Stephen Caldwell Wright, Phillip Miller & John Garmon (Seminole, US, 1998); In the Clear, ed. Allan Forrie, Patrick O'Rourke, Glen Sorestad (Thistledown, 1998); Thru The Smoky End Boards, ed. Kevin Brooks & Sean Brooks (Polestar, 1996); Canadians in the Global Community (Canadian Heritage Learning Resources Project, Queens University, Kingston, 1996); Claiming the Spirit Within: A Sourcebook of Women's Poetry, ed. Marilyn Sewell (Beacon Press, US, 1996); What Is Already Known, ed. Sean Virgo (Thistledown, 1995); What Poets Eat, ed. Judi Benson (Foolscap, 1994);Popular Culture (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1993); 200% Cracked Wheat (Coteau, 1992); Imaging Water (Pierian, 1992); Paperwork, ed. Tom Wayman (Harbour, 1991); Spoils: The Poetry Business Anthology (Smith/Doorstop, UK, 1991); More Garden Varieties II (Mercury, 1991); Out of Place, ed. Ven Begamudré, Judith Krause (Coteau, 1991); Towards 2000 (Fifth House, 1991); Epistolary Form & the Letter as Artifact (Pig Iron Press, US, 1990); Anthology of American Poetry & Yearbook of American Verse (Monitor, 1989); Third World Anthology (Pig Iron Press, 1989); Ride off Any Horizon II, ed. Lorne Daniel, Peter Christensen (NeWest, 1987); Writing Right: Poetry by Canadian Women, ed. Douglas Barbour, Marnie Stanley (Longspoon, 1982).

Poetry Published in Literary Journals and on Literary Websites
Acumen; Antigonish Review; Arc; Ariel; Atlanta Review; Atlantis; Bound Spiral; Camrose Review; Canadian Forum; Canadian Literature; Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme; Cobweb; Contemporary Verse 2; Cross-Canada Writers Quarterly;Dandelion; Event; The Fiddlehead; Fireweed; First Quarter; Foolscap; Grain; The Interpreter's House; Iris; Malahat Review; Matrix; Monday's Poem; New Quarterly; NeWest Review; Orbis; Other Voices; Poetry Daily; Poetry London Newsletter; Prairie Fire; Quarry; Queens Quarterly; River King Poetry Supplement; Room of One's Own; The Salmon; SansCrit; Slow Dancer; Spokes; This Magazine; Toronto Life; Waves; Whetstone; Word Works.

Guest Editor, Orbis Canadian Poetry issue, 1991; Canadian Editor, Slow Dancer North American issue, Spring 1993

Poetry Awards
•  First prize winner, Looking for Love poetry competition, Leaf Press, 2005.
•  Short-listed for the Pat Lowther Award, for Old Habits, 1993.
•  Alberta Culture & Multiculturalism Poetry Award, for Hour of the Pearl, 1987.
•  Placed, nominated, commended or short-listed: BC Federation of Writers Literary Writes Competition; Davoren Hanna International Poetry Competition Ireland); This Magazine's Great Canadian Literary Hunt; National Magazine Awards; Open University Poets Competition (UK); Poetry 2003 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review (USA); Prairie Fire Competition; Whetstone Literary Competition.

Poetry Readings
Have read poetry at large & small venues in Canada, Ireland & England since 1984. Selected appearances include Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, UK; Blue Nose Poets, London, UK; Calgary Olympics literary festival, Canada; Cats Night Out, London, UK; Huddersfield Poetry Festival, Yorkshire, UK; Idler Pub series, Toronto, Canada; invited reader - Petra Kenney Poetry Awards, London; Southampton City Writers, UK; Troubadour Coffee House, London, UK.

2003-2005 appearances included Mocambopo, Victoria, Canada; Victoria READ Festival, Victoria, Canada; Lines & Passages Summer Readings, Sointula, Malcom Island, Canada; CB1 Poetry Cambridge, UK; Troubadour Coffee House London, UK.

2006 appearances include Poetry in the Crypt, St Mary's Church, Upper Street, Islington, London UK (7.30 pm Thursday 9th November); The Olive, Edmonton, Canada; Planet Earth Poetry (formerly Mocambopo), at the Black Stilt Coffee House, Victoria, Canada; Poetry in Transit Poets at Word on the Street, Vancouver Canada; Poets On Campus, Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, Canada; League of Canadian Poets AGM, Ottawa, Canada; Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver Canada.

Other Performances
Poetry was broadcast many times on Alberta Anthology, CBC Radio, 1982-1990; poetry performance as part of Incwell, Ink at Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival, 1988-1989; writer, Small Talk, Ideas, CBC Radio, 1991; featured on Stanza Strip, Brazen Radio, London, 1994; works broadcast on the Women's Television Network program Writing on the Wall, 1995.

Literary Involvements/Affiliations

2005: Mid-career writer's grant, Canada Council.

2002-2003: Communications/marketing/administration, Manulife Financial Literary Arts Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1995-2000: Advisory board, Slow Dancer Press, London England.
1994: Recipient, Canada Council "B" Grant.
1991-1998: Advisory board and compere, Terrible Beauty literary readings series, Troubadour Coffee House, London, England.
1987-1989: Board member, Celebration of Women in the Arts (multi-disciplinary arts group): Literature Chair, Newsletter Editor; organized annual performance of literature and music, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1986-1990: Board member, Alberta Book Fair Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1981-1990: Membership, board and committee work, Writers Guild of Alberta.
Past member, PEN International; Poetry Society (UK); Society of Authors (UK).
Current member, League of Canadian Poets; Saskatchewan Writers Guild; The Writers Union of Canada.

Poetry Samples
Porch ; North-Easterly Gale: London (from Cartography)