Gillian Wigmore
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Gillian Wigmore (born 1976) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer from Vanderhoof, British Columbia.{{Cite web|last=PEEBLES|first=Frank|title=Local author launching new book|url=http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/entertainment/local-a-e/local-author-launching-new-book-1.23063523|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Prince George Citizen|date=13 October 2017 }} Her poetry fits within the genre of ecopoetry.{{Cite web |title=Gillian Wigmore |url=http://www.creekstonepress.com/hwimyabout.html |access-date=2008-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624042610/http://www.creekstonepress.com/hwimyabout.html |archive-date=2008-06-24 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Wigmore graduated from the University of Victoria in 1999{{Cite web|title=Prince George Free Press » Author shortlisted for national award|url=http://www.pgfreepress.com/author-shortlisted-for-national-award/|access-date=2020-12-17|language=en-US}} with a double major in Writing and in English.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenboathouse.com/archive/gillian_wigmore.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723110008/http://www.greenboathouse.com/archive/gillian_wigmore.htm |archive-date=2008-07-23 |url-status=dead }}
Wigmore published her first chapbook, home when it moves you in 2005, followed by her first book of poetry, Soft Geography in 2007. In 2014, her first fiction, Grayling (a novella), was published by Mother Tongue. The novella follows a couple as they descend the Dease River in northwestern BC.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NyrVkQEACAAJ|title = Grayling|isbn = 9780889712553|last1 = Wigmore|first1 = Gillian|date = October 2010| publisher=Nightwood Editions }} Her first full-length fictional work, Glory, was released in 2017.{{Cite web|date=2017-12-04|title=Glory|url=https://quillandquire.com/review/glory/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Quill and Quire|language=en}} Some of her work is published in Geist and other publications.{{Cite web|title=Gillian Wigmore|url=https://www.geist.com/topics/wigmore-gillian/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Geist.com|language=en-us}}
She resides in Prince George, British Columbia.
Awards and honors
Wigmore was a finalist for the 2008 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and won the 2008 ReLit Poetry Award.{{Cite web |url=http://www.caitlin-press.com/what.html |title=Welcome to Caitlin Press Online |access-date=2008-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221164224/http://www.caitlin-press.com/what.html |archive-date=2008-12-21 |url-status=dead }}"ReLit award winners named". Ottawa Citizen, July 27, 2008.{{Cite web|date=2016-03-03|title=Gillian Wigmore Wins 2008 ReLit Poetry Award › News › BC Book Prizes|url=http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/news/article/gillian-wigmore-wins-2008-relit-poetry-award/|access-date=2020-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174110/http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/news/article/gillian-wigmore-wins-2008-relit-poetry-award/|archive-date=2016-03-03}}
Her short story collection Night Watch: The Vet Suite was named a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2022.[https://quillandquire.com/omni/arnolda-dufour-bowes-wins-danuta-gleed-award-for-debut-short-fiction-collection/ "Arnolda Dufour Bowes wins Danuta Gleed award for debut short-fiction collection"]. Quill & Quire, June 1, 2022.
Works
- home When it moves you (2005)
- Soft Geography (2007)
- Glory (2017)
- Night Watch: The Vet Suite (2021)
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Category:21st-century Canadian poets
Category:People from Prince George, British Columbia
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:Canadian women novelists
Category:Poets from British Columbia
Category:Novelists from British Columbia
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