Wendy McGrath
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Wendy McGrath is a poet and novelist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her work exhibits elements of experimental fiction, including stream of consciousness techniques, and both narrative and chronological shifts. Her first book of poetry, Common Place Ecstasies, published by Vancouver's Beach Holme Publishing, explores themes of place, home, and childhood, along with her first novel, Recurring Fictions, which follows the childhood of one nameless female character in her search for a definable home, and received the 2003 Alberta Books Award for best design. It is published by the University of Alberta Press.
McGrath is currently collaborating with printmaker Walter Jule in a new collection of poems. Jule also contributed the cover for Common Place Ecstasies.
McGrath is also currently collaborating with students from Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts in Edmonton, Alberta to create a film adaptation of Recurring Fictions. The film is a series of short stories combined into an experimental film named after the book. Recurring Fictions is the third in a series entitled "Celebrate Alberta" in which art forms collaborate and complement each other to create films that support Alberta and its literature.
