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He graduated from the [[University of Alberta]], with an M.A. He lived in [[Drumheller]], [[Alberta]] and worked at the [[Royal Tyrrell Museum]] and later at the [[Canadian Museum of Nature]] starting in 1999 (since retired). <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chaudierebooks.com/books/disappointment.html|title = List of Books - QuotesPub}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://open-book.ca/News/Profile-on-Monty-Reid-with-a-Few-Questions|title = Profile on Monty Reid, with a Few Questions}}</ref>
He graduated from the [[University of Alberta]], with an M.A. He lived in [[Drumheller]], [[Alberta]] and worked at the [[Royal Tyrrell Museum]] and later at the [[Canadian Museum of Nature]] starting in 1999 (since retired). <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chaudierebooks.com/books/disappointment.html|title = List of Books - QuotesPub}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://open-book.ca/News/Profile-on-Monty-Reid-with-a-Few-Questions|title = Profile on Monty Reid, with a Few Questions}}</ref>


As a poet, he has won Alberta’s Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry three times<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alberta Literary Awards Finalists and Winners|url=https://writersguild.ca/programs-services/alberta-literary-awards-finalists-and-winners/|access-date=2022-02-17|language=en-US}}</ref>, the [[Archibald Lampman Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archibald Lampman Award – previous winners : Arc Poetry|url=https://arcpoetry.ca/2013/12/05/archibald-lampman-award/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=arcpoetry.ca}}</ref>, National Magazine Awards, and is a three-time nominee for the [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General’s Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past GGBooks winners and finalists|url=https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Governor General's Literary Awards|language=en}}</ref>. He was editor and publisher of a number of literary magazines, including ''The Camrose Review'' (later ''The Dinosaur Review'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=rob mclennan's blog|url=http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2007/04/camrose-review-journal-of-lutheran.html|access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref>, ''The NeWest ReView''<ref>{{Cite web|date=20210916|title=Train : a poetry journal: An interview with Monty Reid|url=http://trainpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/an-interview-with-monty-reid.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Train}}</ref>, and ''[[Arc Poetry Magazine]],'' as well as of the chapbook press Sidereal Press<ref>{{Cite web|title=One Zero Zero Virtual Library|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/history/ozz/english/presses/sidereal_press.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=ccca.concordia.ca}}</ref>. As a musician, he plays guitar and mandolin the band Call Me Katie<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monty Reid: Poet|url=http://www.therustytoque.com/3/post/2011/11/monty-reid-poet.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=THE RUSTY TOQUE|language=en}}</ref>.
He has won Alberta’s Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry three times<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alberta Literary Awards Finalists and Winners|url=https://writersguild.ca/programs-services/alberta-literary-awards-finalists-and-winners/|access-date=2022-02-17|language=en-US}}</ref>, the [[Archibald Lampman Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archibald Lampman Award – previous winners : Arc Poetry|url=https://arcpoetry.ca/2013/12/05/archibald-lampman-award/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=arcpoetry.ca}}</ref>, National Magazine Awards, and is a three-time nominee for the [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General’s Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past GGBooks winners and finalists|url=https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Governor General's Literary Awards|language=en}}</ref>. He was editor and publisher of a number of literary magazines, including ''The Camrose Review'' (later ''The Dinosaur Review'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=rob mclennan's blog|url=http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2007/04/camrose-review-journal-of-lutheran.html|access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref>, ''The NeWest ReView''<ref>{{Cite web|date=20210916|title=Train : a poetry journal: An interview with Monty Reid|url=http://trainpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/an-interview-with-monty-reid.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Train}}</ref>, and ''[[Arc Poetry Magazine]],'' as well as of the chapbook press Sidereal Press<ref>{{Cite web|title=One Zero Zero Virtual Library|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/history/ozz/english/presses/sidereal_press.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=ccca.concordia.ca}}</ref>. As a musician, he plays guitar and mandolin the band Call Me Katie<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monty Reid: Poet|url=http://www.therustytoque.com/3/post/2011/11/monty-reid-poet.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=THE RUSTY TOQUE|language=en}}</ref>.


He is the current Festival Director at VerseFest, Ottawa’s international poetry festival<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://verseottawa.ca/en/about|access-date=2022-02-16|website=verseottawa.ca}}</ref>
He is the current Festival Director at VerseFest, Ottawa’s international poetry festival<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://verseottawa.ca/en/about|access-date=2022-02-16|website=verseottawa.ca}}</ref>

Revision as of 11:08, 17 February 2022

Monty Reid (born 1952 in Spalding, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet.

Life

He graduated from the University of Alberta, with an M.A. He lived in Drumheller, Alberta and worked at the Royal Tyrrell Museum and later at the Canadian Museum of Nature starting in 1999 (since retired). [1][2]

He has won Alberta’s Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry three times[3], the Archibald Lampman Award[4], National Magazine Awards, and is a three-time nominee for the Governor General’s Award[5]. He was editor and publisher of a number of literary magazines, including The Camrose Review (later The Dinosaur Review)[6], The NeWest ReView[7], and Arc Poetry Magazine, as well as of the chapbook press Sidereal Press[8]. As a musician, he plays guitar and mandolin the band Call Me Katie[9].

He is the current Festival Director at VerseFest, Ottawa’s international poetry festival[10]

Works

Books

  • Karst Means Stone. Edmonton, Alberta: NeWest Press, 1979.
  • The Life of Riley. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Thistledown Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-920066-40-9.
  • The Dream of Snowy Owls. Edmonton, Alberta: Longspoon Press, 1983.
  • The Alternate Guide. Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 1985.
  • These Lawns. Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 1990.
  • Crawlspace. Toronto, Ontario: House of Anansi. 1993. ISBN 978-0-88784-539-0.
  • Dog Sleeps: Irritated Texts. Edmonton, Alberta: NeWest Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-920897-35-5.
  • Flat Side. Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-88995-188-4.
  • Disappointment Island. Ottawa, Ontario: Chaudiere Books. 2006. ISBN 978-0-9781601-1-1.
  • The Luskville Reductions. London, Ontario: Brick Books, 2008.
  • Garden. Ottawa, Ontario: Chaudiere Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1-9281070-1-9.
  • Meditatio Placentae. London, Ontario: Brick Books. 2016. ISBN 9781771314398.

Chapbooks

  • Fridays. Edmonton, Alberta: Sidereal Press, 1979.
  • Six Songs for the Mammoth Steppe. Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2000.
  • cuba A book. Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2005.
  • Sweetheart of Mine. Toronto, Ontario: Bookthug, 2006.
  • Lost in the Owl Woods. Toronto, Ontario: Bookthug, 2007.
  • A Poem That Ends With Murder. Ottawa, Ontario: Apt. 9 Press, 2009.
  • In the Garden (oct series). Mount Pleasant, Ontario: Laurel Reed Books, 2010.
  • Garden: February Unit. Niagara: Grey Borders Books, 2011.
  • Garden (July Unit). Fukushima, Japan: obvious epiphanies press, [n.d.].
  • In the Garden (sept series). Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2011.
  • Site Conditions. Ottawa, Ontario: Apt. 9 Press, 2011.
  • Contributor’s Notes. Kentville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau, 2011.
  • Garden (dec unit). Eindhoven, Le Pays Bas: corrupt press, 2012.
  • Garden: November Unit. Ottawa, Ontario: Sidereal Press, 2013.
  • Moan Coach. Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2013.
  • Kissing Bug. Ottawa, Ontario: phafours press, 2014.
  • Seam. Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2018.

Anthologies (Selected)

  • The New Canadian Poets, 1970-1985. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
  • Threshold: An Anthology of Contemporary Writing from Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 1999.
  • Decalogue: ten Ottawa poets. Ottawa, Ontario: Chaudiere Books, 2006.

References

  1. ^ "List of Books - QuotesPub".
  2. ^ "Profile on Monty Reid, with a Few Questions".
  3. ^ "Alberta Literary Awards Finalists and Winners". Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  4. ^ "Archibald Lampman Award – previous winners : Arc Poetry". arcpoetry.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  5. ^ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  6. ^ "rob mclennan's blog". Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  7. ^ "Train : a poetry journal: An interview with Monty Reid". Train. 20210916. Retrieved 2022-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "One Zero Zero Virtual Library". ccca.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  9. ^ "Monty Reid: Poet". THE RUSTY TOQUE. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  10. ^ "About". verseottawa.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
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