Linda Rogers
Linda Rogers, a descendent of the British novelist Anthony Trollope,
has published extensively. Her work encompasses poetry, children's
books, and fiction. She is the past President of the Federation of BC
Writers (1990) and The League of Canadian Poets (1997), was the host of Shaw
Cable's TV program about books and writers, Bookshelf, and regularly
contributes reviews for the CBC, and national periodicals, including The
Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, B.C. Bookworld, Focus on
Women and Quill & Quire. Linda Rogers: essays on her work- was by Guernica
Editions, spring 2005. She has edited essay collections on the life and
work of PK Page, Al Purdy, Joe Rosenblatt and bill bissett, and is
completing work on Susan Musgrave, George Fetherling and Carol Shields.
Rogers has a MA in Canadian Literature with W.H.New as her mentor.
Teaching Positions
English at UBC
Creative Writing at U Vic, Malaspina College and Camosun College,
Online with Writers in Electronic Residence (York University)
Juries
The Canada Council
Claremont Review
Saskatchewan Book Prizes
BC Book Prizes
The League of Canadian Poets
BC Arts Council
Canadian Poetry Association
Monday Magazine Fiction Prize
Zonta International
National Poetry Prize
Workshops
Metchosin Festival of the Arts
Sointula Literary Festival
BC Festival of the Arts- Victoria and Powell River
Victoria School of Writing
Holguin Cuba
Stephen Leacock Festival
Youth Conferences in many Canadian communities
ie Claremont School, St. Michael's University School, Nanaimo,
Richmond, Duncan, Toronto and Cloverdale School Boards.
Selected Readings
Bay Lit Festival, Cardiff, Wales
Vancouver Writers festival
Winnipeg International Literary Festival
Canada House, London
Holguin, Cuba
Edmonton Stroll Poetry Festival
Lethbridge Stroll Poetry Festival
Bridport Festival, England
Leacock Festival
Harbourfront Festival
United Nations Poetry Festival, San Francisco
Victoria Literary Arts Festival
Read Festival (writer in residence for Canada Literacy)
BC Festival of the Arts, etc.
Selected Publications
Fiction
THE EMPRESS LETTERS, Cormorant Books, spring 2006
FRIDAY WATER, Cormorant Books, 2003
SAY MY NAME: The Memoirs of Charlie Louie, Ekstasis Press 2000
THE HALF LIFE OF RADIUM, Sono Nis 1994
Non-Fiction
DROPPED THREADS 2, Random House, 2003
Al Purdy: essays on his work, Guernica Editions 2002
bill bissett: essays on his work, Guernica Editions, 2002
P.K. PAGE: essays on her work, Guernica Editions, 2001
Joe Rosenblatt, essays on his work, Guernica Editions, 2005
THE BROAD CANVAS: Portraits of Women Artists, Sono Nis 1999
Juvenile
WORM SANDWICH: Poems for Children, Sono Nis, 1987
THE MAGIC FLUTE, Porcupine's Quill, 1988
FRANKIE ZAPPER AND THE DISAPPEARING TEACHER, Ronsdale 1994 (Rotfuch,
Germany, 1996)
BROWN BAG BLUES, Studio 123, 1990
MOLLY BROWN IS NOT A CLOWN, Ronsdale, 1995
Poetry
ONLY THE SEA KEEPS, (anthology) Rupa and Company, India, 2005
THE BURSTING TEST, Guernica Editions, 2002
REHEARSING THE MIRACLE, Poppy Press, 2002
HARD CANDY, Sono Nis, 1994
LOVE IN THE RAINFOREST: Selected Poems, Exile, 1995
HEAVEN CAKE, Sono Nis, 1997
THE SANING, Sono Nis, 1999
Edited
BREAKING THE SURFACE: Five Canadian Poets Introduce New Voices, Sono
Nis, 2000
THE OVAL SILENCE, Hidden Brook Press, 2002
NO LOVE LOST, Hidden Brook, 2004
Guernica Writers Series, 2001, 2002, 2005
Awards
2005
Cardiff International Poetry Prize 1st prize (Wales)
2004
Arc Poem of the Year Competition
Canada Council Award
BC Arts Council Award
2003
Monday Magazine Award for most compelling work of fiction (Friday
Water)
2002
Cardiff International Poetry Prize 3rd prize (Wales)
2001
Petra Kenney Award (U.K.)
2000
Canada's People's Poet
The Milton Acorn People's Poetry Prize for The Saning
Bridport Poetry Prize (UK)
Shaunt Basmajian Award, Canadian Poetry Association
BC 2000 Awards for THE BROAD CANVAS and BREAKING THE SURFACE
1999
Literary Network's Top Choice in Canada Award for The Saning
Victoria Arts Council Poetry Prize
1998
Priz d'Anglais, Centre European Pour la Promotion des Artes et Lettres
Victoria Arts Leader of the Year
Acorn Rukeyser Award
Cardiff International Poetry Prize 2nd prize(Wales)
People's Poem Award
1997
National Poetry Prize
Reuben Rose Poetry Prize (Israel)
1996
People's Poem Award
Stephen Leacock Poetry Prize,
Saltwater Festival Poetry Prize
Hawthorne Poetry Prize, BC Cultural Services Awards
And
Reuben Rose Poetry Prize (Israel), 1995
Dorothy Livesay, BC Book Prize, 1995
Stephen Leacock Poetry Prize, 1995
Stephen Leacock Poetry Prize, 1994
Governor General's Confederation Medal for Poetry & Performance, 1993
Bumbershoot, Seattle Arts Council Poetry Prize, 1988
BC Writer's Poetry, Federation of BC Writers, 1988
Volunteer Work
Pacific Opera Victoria Board
Read Society - Canada Literacy
Claremont Review, board and mentor program
Shaw Cable - Bookshelf Program
Child prostitute empowerment (PEER) workshops
William Head Prison writing workshops
Public School writing workshops
Public School pilot drama program
League of Canadian Poets executive (President)
Federation of BC Writers executive (President)
Zonta International
Queen Alexandra Children's Hospital
Agent- Kathryn Mulders: Unit 714, 185-911 Yates Street, Victoria, BC
V8V 4Y9, Canada
Telephone: (250) 383 2002; Fax: (250) 383 2402; E-mail:
km@kmla.ca[bonus material]
Friday Water
Response to intro - Sleep/ Trollope, mandrax and audience appreciation
Hoi An bowl from the Dragon Sea.
Ariel, Veronica, sisters, and Rumer, Ariel's daughter have Cohen's
"Anthem" as their creed. Forget your perfect offering...
How can we protect the fragile and beautiful things? My aim is to
reveal the tender mercies that make life bearable. A family, if it is woven
like the strands of hair in the locket given to Rumer to celebrate her
menarche, can withstand grief
On this Friday in April when a psychic predicted snow, three women
stand on thresholds contaminated by a shooting in the park near their
house. Ariel, a dancer afflicted by anorexia and breast cancer, overcomes
her fear of darkness and ventures into the shadows. Veronica, her sister,
an actress, whose life and work are based on fiction, risks the light.
Rumer, Ariel's thirteen-year-old daughter, who misses an assassin's
bullet on the way to her violin lesson, steps into womanhood. Parallel to
the ruin and beauty of their lives is Cuba, where Ariel's husband is in
prison for the crime of misinterpreting his mandate as a
photojournalist. Friday Water is the medium of redemption as the sisters confess,
forgive and celebrate the daily miracles in the ordinary lives of an
extraordinary family.
p. 41-intro
p. 126 - miscarriage
p.171-funeral
p. 325 - mani
peanuts- assume bad reviews are from critics with allergies
