Member Review
The Writers' Union of Canada provided me with invaluable support at a difficult point in my career when it seemed that all the decision-making power over my work was in the hands of the publishing industry. I will always be grateful for that, as well as for the work that the Union continues to do every day to promote and protect the rights of writers.
Member Profile
Rhea Tregebov
Born in Saskatoon and raised in Winnipeg, Rhea Tregebov is the author of seven critically acclaimed collections of poetry, most recently All Souls', released by Signal Editions, Vehicule Press. Her new novel, set in Toronto and Paris in 1982, is Rue des Rosiers, Coteau Books 2019. Her first novel, The Knife Sharpener's Bell, was listed as a Top 100 Globe & Mail book, and was shortlisted for the Kobzar Prize. In addition to her poetry and fiction, she has edited ten anthologies, including Arguing with the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers. She has also written five popular children's picture books, including Sasha and the Wiggly Tooth and The Big Storm. Tregebov studied English at the University of Manitoba and Cornell, and earned her Master's Degree at Boston University. She lives in Vancouver, where she is an Associate Professor Emerita of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She retired from teaching in June 2017.
