Susan Goyette

Susan (Sue) Goyette (born 4 April 1964 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Goyette grew up in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on Montreal's south shore.

Her first poetry book The True Names of Birds (1998) was nominated for the 1999 Governor General's Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Gerald Lampert Award. Goyette's first novel, Lures (2002), was nominated for the 2003 Thomas Head Raddall Award. She has also written another poetry collection, Undone (2004), and won the 2008 CBC Literary Award in poetry for the poem "Outskirts".^[1][2]

Goyette has been a member of the faculty of The Maritime Writers' Workshop, The Banff Wired Studio, and The Sage Hill Writing Experience.

She presently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.^[1]

Bibliography

• The True Names of Birds (Brick, 1998) ISBN 0-919626-99-8
• Lures (Harper Flamingo, 2002) ISBN 0-00-200506-9^[3][4][5][6]
• Undone (Brick, 2004) ISBN 1-894078-33-0^[7]
• First Writes (Banff Centre, 2005) ISBN 1-894773-16-0 (anthology edited with Kelley Aitken and Barbara Scott)^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "CBC Literary Awards - Winners". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.radio-canada.ca/prixlitteraires/english/pwinners2008.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
2. ^ Carter Flynn, Sue (25 February 2009). "Love lit: CBC Literary Awards announced tomorrow". ArtAttack (Halifax: The Coast). http://www.thecoast.ca/ArtAttack/archives/2009/02/25/love_lit_cbc_literary_awards. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
3. ^ Waters, Juliet (2002). "Teenage Wasteland (review)". Montreal Mirror. http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/051602/book.html. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
4. ^ Lennon, Maureen. "Suffering Beautifully (review)". Books in Canada: The Canadian Review of Books. http://www.booksincanada.com/article_view.asp?id=1953. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
5. ^ Jackson, Lorna (January 2002). "Lures (review)". Quill & Quire. http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=2549. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
6. ^ Govier, Katherine (March 2002). "Smills Like Teen Dispirit (review)". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20020316/BKLURE. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
7. ^ Neilson Glenn, Lorri. "Antigonish Review #141". Antigonish Review. http://www.antigonishreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=220&Itemid=65. Retrieved 2011-03-15. 
8. ^ "First Writes". Banff Centre. http://www.banffcentre.ca/press/publications/first_writes_2005.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 

External links

• "Susan Goyette". Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. http://www.writers.ns.ca/Writers/g/goyettesusan.html. Retrieved 2011-03-15.