April A. Severin is the author

Author

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 of seven chapbooks, and three greeting cards. She is a League of Canadian Poets Associate member. Her poetry

Poetry

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 and interviews have been aired on CFMU, CIUT, and Aboriginal

Aboriginal peoples in Canada

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 Voices Radio. She has made presentations at Brantford

Brantford, Ontario

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’s Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School, Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

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’s Glendale Secondary School and Mohawk College

Mohawk College

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, and a University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 native literature class. She has tracks on the Keepers of the Sacred Fire and Hammered Out Live CD’s. April has read at numerous venues including Hamilton’s Lit Live, Toronto

Toronto

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’s Art Bar Poetry Reading Series, Eden Mills Writers' Festival, and World Literacy of Canada

Canada

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's KAMA Reading Series.April has won honourable mentions from The Ontario Poetry Society and CAGED.

Published works

• Testimony ISBN 0-9685817-0-6
• Witness ISBN 0-9685817-1-4
• Atatawi (Gift) ISBN 0-9685817-3-0
• Animal Appeal ISBN 0-9685817-5-7
• Feast ISBN 0-9685817-4-9
• Opening Craigleigh Press ISBN 0-9687348-7-1
• To All The Boys I've Snubbed Before Passion Among The Cacti Press ISBN 0-9782339-0-5

See also

List of Canadian poets