Luanne Armstrong
Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.

Luanne Armstrong is a novelist, freelance writer and editor, and publisher from the Kootenay region of British Columbia. She completed a BFA in Creative Writing at the University of Victoria. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC in Vancouver and is presently working on a PhD, also at UBC. She has worked at a variety of jobs, including coordinating women's groups, teaching at a First Nations College, and in Indonesia with an environmental organization. She has taught Creative Writing at the University of Alberta, the College of the Rockies, the Kootenay School of Arts in Nelson, and the Okanagan School of the Arts in Penticton. She was the Berton House writer in residence in Dawson City, Yukon, from September to December 2000. She is the managing editor of Hodgepog Books, which publishes literary and children's books.

Published Works

Castle Mountain, (poetry) Polestar, Nelson BC, 1981.

Annie, Polestar Press, Vancouver BC, April, 1995 : Also published in Germany by Beltz & Gelberg.

Bordering:, Gynergy Books, Ragweed Press, PEI, September, 1995.

The Woman in the Garden, poetry chapbook, Peachtree Press, Nelson BC December, 1996.

Arly and Spike, Hodgepog Press, Edmonton, AB, September 1997 (a Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection.

The Colour of Water , Caitlin Press, Prince George BC, September 1998.

Maggie and Shine , Hodgepog Books, Edmonton, AB, September, 1999.

Jeannie and the Gentle Giants, Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, October, 2001.

The Bone House: to be published by New Star Books, in October 2002.

Breathing the Mountain: poetry, to be published by Leaf Books in Spring 2003.

Into the Sun, a young adult book, to be published by Hodgepog Books in October 2002.

In Process: Blue Valleys, A Book of the Kootenays, a non-fiction book.

In Process: The Subtle Sea, non- fiction, co-written with Linda McDonald for Greystone Books.

In Process: Pete's Gold, a young adult novel.

Short stories and articles in over thirty magazines and newspapers including Creative Non-Fiction, Salon Online, the Vancouver Sun, the Georgia Straight, Flare magazine, Western Living, and Herizons.

Awards:

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selections for Annie, Arly and Spike.

Canadian Author's Association Winner's Circle Essay First Prize.

Tidepool Poetry Prize.

West End Writer's Poetry Prize.

Burnaby Writer's Poetry Prize.

Earl Birney Poetry Scholarship, UBC.