CURRICULUM VITAE
BIOGRAPHY
Born in St Leonard's on Sea, England, August 25, 1930.
Early education at Dragon School, Oxford. Came to Canada on evacuee ship with widowed
mother and brother, July 1940. Settled first in Vancouver. Later moved back
and forth between Port Mellon, Gibsons and Vancouver. Attended school in all three
places. Obliged to quit school in 1948 due to financial problems at home.
Hired out to first logging camp in 1949. Worked off and on in B.C. woods for next 22
years. In between, worked at wide variety of other jobs - surveyor, smelter worker,
pulp-mill hand, shakecutter, baker, etc.
Began writing seriously in late 1950's after abortive fling at professional cartooning.
Practiced this in spare time for many years. Gradually began to make some
headway. Published first collection of poetry in 1969. Quit final logging camp
in 1971 and went to work at Raincoast Chronicles as Associate Editor. Began to write
and publish prose also at this point and have since worked for numerous publications.
In recent years, have turned to writing fiction. Published first novel in
1993. Modest success of this book has led me to concentrate on novels for past few
years. Am not abandoning poetry, however.
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Poetry
Moving Through the Mystery - Talonbooks - 1969
Between Sky and Splinters - Harbour - 1974
The Alders and Others - Harbour - 1976
Ragged Horizons - McClelland & Stewart - 1978
Bush Poems - Harbour - 1978
Goose quill Snags - Harbour
- 1982
The Slidingback Hills - Oberon - 1986
Unmarked Doorways - Harbour - 1989
Where Roads Lead - Reference West - 1994
Hitting the Bricks - Ekstasis - 1997
Chainsaws in the Cathedral - Ekstasis - 1999
Prose
Rough and Ready Times - Glassford - 1993
Grogan's Cafè - Harbour
- 1993
Dead Man's Ticket - Harbour
- 1996
ANTHOLOGIES
Best Poems 1967
West Coast Seen
Kites and Cartwheels
Listen
Skookum Wa Wa
Storm Warning 2
Raincoast Chronicles First Five
A Government Job at Last
Western Windows
Who Owns the Earth
Assault on the Worker
Poems for a Snow-eyed Country
For Openers
Going for Coffee
Raincoast Chronicles Six/Ten
British Columbia/A Celebration
Soul of a City
Vancouver Poetry
Vancouver and its Writers
Strong Voices
Paperwork
Oberon Poetry
Vancouver
Songs from the Wild
Because You Loved Being a Stranger
Witness to Wilderness
Raincoast Chronicles Eleven Up
Earle Birney - A Tribute
EDITOR
Witches and Idiots
Raincoast Chronicles
PERIODICALS
Poetry(Chicago)
Poetry Australia
Prism International
West Coast Review
This Magazine
Canadian Poetry Magazine
Vancouver Magazine
West World
Equity
Western Living
Raincoast Chronicles
Georgia Straight
Sunshine Coast News
Business Logger
B. C. Studies
UPCOMING BOOKS
- TapDance on Quicksand (Collected Poems) Harbour - 2003
- Way Stations (Selected Prose)
- The Counting House (Short stories centred around Oakalla Prison)
- Holy Herb - Master Cracksman (Semi-fictionalized biography)
- Rainbow's End Horizons (Travel pieces)
- Booking In (Selected book and film reviews)
- Reluctant Brush Ape (Autobiographical logging pieces)
- The Gathering (Poems new, revised and uncollected)
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