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Tawhida
Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Québecoise poet, author and artist.
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 sits on the board of directors of The Quebec Writers'
Federation. She works as an arts educator and arts event
producer in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, and moonlights as a whirling
dervish.
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