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Photo credit
Susan Mendel
Kathleen Braid
BIO
Biography

Kate Braid was born in Alberta, raised in Montreal, went to school in New Brunswick and now lives in British Columbia. For fifteen years she worked in construction as a labourer, apprentice, journey carpenter, contractor and trades instructor. She then taught creative writing (poetry and creative non-fiction) at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo (now Vancouver Island University) at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and at various workshops across the country.  She now writes full-time from her home in Victoria and on Pender Island, and occasionally teaches.

ADDRESS
City: Victoria, BC, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Hammer & Nail: Notes of a Journeywoman (Essays)
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2020
Title
Elemental (Poetry)
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2018
Title
In Fine Form: A Contemporary Look at Canadian Form Poetry. Second Edition. Edited with Sandy Shreve
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2016
Title
Rough Ground Revisited (Poetry)
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2015
Title
Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man's World (Memoir)
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2012
Title
To This Cedar Fountain (Poetry) Second Edition
Publisher
Caitlin Press (First edition, Polestar Book Publishers)
Year
2012 (First edition, 1995)
Title
Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Carr (Poetry)
Publisher
Caitlin Press (First edition, Polestar Book Publishers)
Year
2010 (First edition, 1998)
Title
Turning Left to the Ladies (Poetry)
Publisher
Palimpsest Press
Year
2009
Title
A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Year
2008
Title
In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry. Edited with Sandy Shreve
Publisher
Raincoast Books
Year
2005
Title
Editor: The Fish Come in Dancing: Stories from the West-Coast Fishery (Interviews)
Publisher
Strawberry Hill, Lantzville BC
Year
2002
Title
Emily Carr: Rebel Artist (Biography)
Publisher
XYZ Publishing. Now carried by Dundurn Publishing
Year
2000
Title
Covering Rough Ground (Poetry)
Publisher
Polestar Publishers
Year
1991
Title
Igniting the Green Fuse: Four Canadian Women Poets (Chapbook)
Publisher
above & beyond productions
Year
2012
Title
Inviting the Incubus, Kissing the Succubi: The Muse in Canadian Women's Poetry (Chapbook)
Publisher
Living Archives of The Feminist Caucus, The League of Canadian Poets
Year
2005
Title
A Woman's Fingerprint (Chapbook)
Publisher
(m)Other Tongue Press
Year
1997
Title
Small Songs (Chapbook)
Publisher
Published for the Hawthorne Society by Reference West
Year
1994
Title
Looking Ahead: Profiles of Two Canadian Women in Trades (Interviews)
Publisher
Labour Canada
Year
n.d.
Title
Building the Future: Profiles of Canadian Women in Trades (Interviews)
Publisher
Labour Canada
Year
n.d.
Title
Red Bait! Struggles of a Mine Mill Local. Co-written with Al King
Publisher
Kingbird Publishing, Vancouver
Year
1998
Title
Under a Freshly Washed Sun
Publisher
Alfred Gustav Press
Year
December 2022
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Pandora's Collective BC Writers Mentor Award
Year
2016
Name
Vancouver Mayor's Award for the Literary Arts
Year
2015
Name
Remarkable Woman of the Arts (Vancouver)
Year
2012
Name
Writer in Residence: Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, New Mexico
Year
2012
Name
Saving Wildwood Society
Year
First prize, Poetry
Name
Vancity Book Prize
Publication
Inward to the Bones
Year
1999
Name
Pat Lowther Memorial Award (Shortlisted)
Publication
Inward to the Bones
Year
1999
Name
Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award (Shortlisted)
Publication
Inward to the Bones
Year
1999
Name
Lapointe Acorn-Livesay People's Festival Contest (Second prize, Poetry)
Publication
"December Carol"
Year
1999
Name
(m)Other Tongue Press (Second prize, National Chapbook Contest)
Publication
A Woman's Fingerprint
Year
1997
Name
BC Book Prize (Shortlist)
Publication
To This Cedar Fountain
Year
1996
Name
Pat Lowther Memorial Award
Publication
Covering Rough Ground
Year
1991
LINKS
Links
Website
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Any size
Presentation Genre
Poetry or creative non-fiction. In poetry, I teach general poetry classes or specifically focus on writing in poetic forms.
Presentation Length
One to four hours.
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Depending on audience and genre.

Presentation Fee(s)
Depending on length of course and sponsor.
Workshop details
Audience Size
See - Presentation
School presentation details
Audience Size
Any size
Intended Audience
Grade 6 and up. Teachers, especially of English Literature and Poetry.
Presentation Length
As appropriate
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Focus on involving children in the fun and magic of words, using poetry free verse, forms.  How to approach writing non-fiction, interviews with each other or family as beginning of memoir and oral history.

Presentation Fee(s)
As appropriate.
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Yes