Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Michael Belyea
Michelle Elrick
BIO
Biography

Michelle Elrick is the author of the books Then/Again and To Speak, and the chapbooks Photon Touch and remember the old log house. She is also an established poetry-film-maker, with recent releases "The __ Place," "Ditches" and "Trace" gaining audiences on CBC television, CBC.ca and at film festivals around the globe. In 2019, she released a studio album of poetry set to music with Michael Belyea under the name River of Diamonds. Elrick is a graduate of The Writers' Studio at Simon Fraser University, a recipient of the John Hirsch Award, and a past Treasurer of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. In her day job, she operates a bookkeeping and business management firm and specializes in accounting for musicians and arts organizations. An internationally received artist, Elrick has read at festivals and events across Canada and Europe. Her multidisciplinary approach to poetry has spanned performance, sculptural installation, film and experimental cartography. She has recently joined a handful of other poets in launching a new community radio show all about poetry in Queens County, Nova Scotia. Find her on IG @michelle.elrick, where she posts (very occasionally) about books, nature, music and her huskyX Pinto.

ADDRESS
City: Halifax, Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry, Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Then/Again
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Year
2017
Title
To Speak
Publisher
The Muses' Company
Year
2010
Title
Photon Touch
Publisher
Independent release
Year
2019
Title
remember the old log house
Publisher
As We Try & Sleep Press
Year
2013
AWARDS
Awards
Name
John Hirsch Award
Publication
To Speak
Year
2011
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