Shannon Stewart (poet)

Shannon Stewart is a Canadian writer living in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Writing

Stewart's first collection of poetry, The Canadian Girl, was published in 1998, and was a finalist for the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award and Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Book of Poetry.[1] Her second collection, Penny Dreadful, was published in 2008 and was shortlisted for a ReLit Award.[2] One of Stewart's tabloid poems inspired by the Weekly World News tabloid was metafictively featured in its online site.[3][4]

Poetry titles
  • The Canadian Girl (1998) ISBN 0-88971-169-0
  • Penny Dreadful (2008) ISBN 1-55065-245-1

Children's titles
  • Sea Crow (2004) ISBN 1-55143-288-9
  • Alphabad (2005) ISBN 1-4236-0147-5
  • Captain Jake (2009) ISBN 1-55143-896-8

References
  1. The Canadian Girl Harbour Publishing. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. Jones, Patty (16 October 2008). "Shannon Stewart faces the dreadful with sly humour". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. Vann, Tap (7 April 2009). "Tabloid Inspired Poems". Weekly World News. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. Deveraux, Danielle (3 June 2009). "The Tale of a Poet Addicted to Tabloids". Maisonneuve. Retrieved 2 August 2014.


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