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Tawhida
Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Québécoise poet, author, artist and
arts educator. Her two poetry collections are Bothism
(Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018),
and her first novel Book of Wings (2021) is fresh from
Véhicule Press. She also has recent work in The Fiddlehead,
UPPERCASE and Changing the Face of Canadian
Literature (Guernica).
With a 25-year practice in spoken word, she has performed at
literary and arts festivals in over a dozen countries, released
four studio albums and six videopoems including the
award-winning Almost Forgot
my Bones. In 2013, she was Poet of
Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the
Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. She
is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency
and vice president of The Quebec Writers' Federation. Born and
based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, she is at work on
an afrofuturist live concert documentary set for 2022 and
moonlights as a whirling dervish. |
