Leaving Howe Island
- Publisher
- Oolichan Books
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2013
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889822955
- Publish Date
- Oct 2013
- List Price
- $17.95
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About the author
Sadiqa de Meijer was born in Amsterdam, and moved to Canada as a child. Her poetry, short stories and essays have appeared in many journals, including The Malahat Review, Geist, The Fiddlehead, Riddle Fence and Poetry Magazine. Her poems were anthologized in The Best of Canadian Poetry in English 2008 (Tightrope Books) and in the international anthology Villanelles (Everymen's Library). In 2012, her series "Great Aunt Unmarried" won the CBC Poetry Prize. Leaving Howe Island is her first collection.