Sandra Ridley
{{short description|Canadian poet}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
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| period = 2000s–present
| nationality = Canadian
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Sandra Ridley is a Canadian poet.
Life and career
Ridley was raised on a farm in Saskatchewan and studied at York University in Toronto.{{cite web|title=Ottawa poet nominated for Griffin prize searching for new inspiration|work=Ottawa Sun |url=http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/04/23/ottawa-poet-nominated-for-griffin-prize-searching-for-new-inspiration|accessdate=31 May 2017}} She now lives in Ottawa, where she has taught at Carleton University.{{cite web|title=VERSeFest Spotlight: An Interview with Kitchissippi poet Sandra Ridley|date=16 March 2017 |url=https://kitchissippi.com/2017/03/16/versefest-interview-with-poet-sandra-ridley/|accessdate=31 May 2017}} She is the author of four books of poetry including Post-Apothecary (Pedlar Press, 2011), which was shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman Award and the ReLit Awards.{{cite web|title=Sandra Ridley – The Counting House (an interview)|url=http://thetorontoquarterly.blogspot.ca/2013/11/sandra-ridley-counting-house-interview.html|accessdate=31 May 2017}}
Ridley's book Silvija (BookThug, 2016) was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2017.{{cite news|title=Meet the finalists for the Griffin Poetry Prize|newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=11 April 2017 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/three-canadians-among-finalists-for-griffin-poetryprize/article34653361/|accessdate=31 May 2017}}{{cite web|title=Griffin Prize finalist Sandra Ridley|url=http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/all-in-a-day/segment/12355296|accessdate=31 May 2017}}
In 2024, she won the Pat Lowther Award from the League of Canadian Poets for Vixen.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/hannah-green-sandra-ridley-and-bradley-peters-win-league-of-canadian-poets-prizes-1.7189163 "Hannah Green, Sandra Ridley and Bradley Peters win League of Canadian Poets prizes"]. CBC Books, May 1, 2024. Vixen would also win the Archibald Lampman Award and Ottawa Book Award for best fiction in its category.{{cite book |title=Three local writers win 2024 Ottawa Book Awards |date=16 October 2024 |publisher=City of Ottawa |url=https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/city-news/newsroom/three-local-writers-win-2024-ottawa-book-awards}}
Works
=Poetry=
- Fallout (Hagios Press, 2010){{cite web |title=Sandra Ridley |url=https://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2017-shortlist/sandra-ridley/ |website=griffinpoetryprize |access-date=14 December 2020}}
- Post-Apothecary (Pedlar Press, 2011){{cite book |last1=Goyette |first1=Sue |title=The 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the Shortlist The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology |date=2017 |publisher=House of Anansi |isbn=978-1487002336}}
- The Counting House (BookThug, 2013){{cite book |last1=Goyette |first1=Sue |title=The 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the Shortlist The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology |date=2017 |publisher=House of Anansi |isbn=978-1487002336}}
- Silvija (BookThug, 2016){{cite web |title=Sandra Ridley |url=https://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2017-shortlist/sandra-ridley/ |website=griffinpoetryprize |access-date=14 December 2020}}
- Vixen (2023)
References
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Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Canadian poets
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:York University alumni