Cathy Stonehouse
Encyclopedia
Cathy Stonehouse is a British-born poet and writer who has lived in Canada since 1988.
Stonehouse grew up in Holmes Chapel
, a village in the county of Cheshire
in the North West of England. In 1988, having obtained a BA in English from Wadham College, Oxford
, she won a Commonwealth Scholarship to study creative writing at the University of British Columbia
in Vancouver
, Canada, where she has lived ever since.
Her first volume of poetry, The Words I Know, was published by the now-defunct Press Gang Publishers
in 1994.
She edited Event magazine from 2001 to 2004. Since 2006 she has taught Creative Writing at Simon Fraser University
.
In 2008 she co-edited, with Shannon Cowan and Fiona Tinwei Lam, a creative non-fiction anthology entitled Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood.
In May 2011 she published a volume of short fiction, Something About the Animal.
Her second volume of poetry, Grace Shiver, is due for publication on 2nd December 2011.
Stonehouse grew up in Holmes Chapel
Holmes Chapel
Holmes Chapel is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Until 1974 the parish was known as Church Hulme.At the 2001 Census the population of the village was recorded as 5,669...
, a village in the county of Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
in the North West of England. In 1988, having obtained a BA in English from Wadham College, Oxford
Wadham College, Oxford
Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I...
, she won a Commonwealth Scholarship to study creative writing at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada, where she has lived ever since.
Her first volume of poetry, The Words I Know, was published by the now-defunct Press Gang Publishers
Press Gang Publishers
Press Gang Publishing was a [feminist]] printing and publishing collective active in [Vancouver, BC, Canada between the early 1970s and 2002.-Early history:...
in 1994.
She edited Event magazine from 2001 to 2004. Since 2006 she has taught Creative Writing at Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
.
In 2008 she co-edited, with Shannon Cowan and Fiona Tinwei Lam, a creative non-fiction anthology entitled Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood.
In May 2011 she published a volume of short fiction, Something About the Animal.
Her second volume of poetry, Grace Shiver, is due for publication on 2nd December 2011.
Anthologies
- Story That’s My Girl in Eye Wuz Here: Stories by Women Writers Under 30 Douglas and McIntyre 1996 ISBN 1550545248
- Essay Acting Lessons in You Be Me Annick Press 2002 ISBN 1550377388
- Essay Truth, Dare, Kiss, Command or Promise: Fragments of a Life in Perfectly Secret Annick Press 2004 ISBN 1550378643, reprinted in What My Father Gave Me Annick Press 2010 ISBN 9781554512546
- Essay In the Presence of Grace in Beyond the Small Circle: Dropped Threads 3 Vintage Books 2006 ISBN 0679313850
- Poems in White Ink: Poems on Mothers and Motherhood Demeter Press 2008 ISBN 1550144847
- Story A Little Winter in Best Canadian Stories 10 Oberon Press 2011 ISBN 9780778013532
External links
- http://www.cathystonehouse.com - Cathy Stonehouse homepage
- http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/stonehouse.html - Excerpts from 35: An Autobiography
- http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/30/cathy-stonehouse-on-badgers-and-bookstores/#more-35508, http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/31/cathy-stonehouse-lucky/#more-35597, http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/06/01/cathy-stonehouse-why-dont-you-write-a-childrens-book/#more-35601, http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/06/02/cathy-stonehouse-dual-citizenship/#more-35922, http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/06/03/cathy-stonehouse-funny-ha-ha-or-funny-peculiar/#more-35925 - Articles written as guest editor of the National PostNational PostThe National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
's The Afterword, 30th May - 3rd June 2011 - http://biblioasis.blogspot.com/2011/06/cathy-stonehouse-on-what-pink-sounds.html?spref=fb - Audio interview about short fiction and Something About The Animal, UBC feminist radio program What Pink Sounds Like - 8th June 2011