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Susan Ioannou
BIO
Biography
A University of Toronto graduate, Susan Ioannou has published numerous literary articles, short stories, two children's novels, several poetry collections, and a nonfiction study on writing poetry. For many years she led creative writing workshops for the Toronto Board of Education, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and Ryerson University Literary Society, was Associate Editor of Cross-Canada Writers' Magazine, and ran the online course Lessons in Writing the Poem. Susan's current focus is her own creative work.
ADDRESS
City: North York,
Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
susan.ioannou@gmail.com
GENRE
Poetry, Fiction, Literary Nonfiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Clarity Between Clouds
Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Year
1991
Title
Coming Home: An Old Love Story
Publisher
Leaf Press
Year
2004, 2011
Title
Familiar Faces / Private Grief
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
1986, 2011, 2017
Title
The Hidden Valley Mystery
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
2010, 2017
Title
Holding True: Essays on Being a Writer
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
2008, 2010, 2017
Title
Looking Through Stone: Poems about the Earth
Publisher
Your Scrivener Press / Wordwrights Canada
Year
2007 / 2010
Title
A Magical Clockwork: The Art of Writing the Poem
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
2000
Title
The Merla Poems
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
2006, 2011
Title
Motherpoems
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
1985, 2011, 2017
Title
Nine to Ninety: Stories across the generations
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
2009, 2010, 2017
Title
Polly's Punctuation Primer
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
1994, 2010
Title
Read-Aloud Poems
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada,
Year
2001, 2007, 2011
Title
A Real Farm Girl (illustrator James Rozak)
Publisher
Hodgepog Books / Wordwrights Canada
Year
1998 / 2010
Title
Where the Light Waits
Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Year
1996
Title
Writing Reader-Friendly Poems Plus Writing Exercises
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
2011, 2017
Title
Looking for Light
Publisher
Hidden Brook Press / Opal Editions
Year
2016 / 2020
Title
For the Love of Lazaros
Publisher
Opal Editions
Year
2019
Title
The Dance Between: Poems About Women
Publisher
Opal Editions
Year
2019
Title
Poems on Geology, Metals, Minerals, and Mining
Publisher
Wordwrights Canada
Year
2017
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Works in Progress Grant (poetry)
Publication
Ontario Arts Council
Year
2002/2003
Name
Second Prize, The Larry Turner Award for Nonfiction
Year
2001
Name
Second Prize, Short Fiction Contest
Publication
The Literary Network
Year
1999/2000
Name
Okanagan Short Story Award
Publication
Canadian Author
Year
1997
Name
Finalist, Nonfiction Writing Competition
Publication
CBC
Year
1995
Name
Writers' Reserve Grant (children's writing)
Publication
Ontario Arts Council
Year
1994/1995
Name
Finalist, National Poetry Contest
Publication
The League of Canadian Poets
Year
1994
Name
Writers' Reserve Grant (poetry)
Publication
Ontario Arts Council
Year
1993/1994
Name
Memorial Award
Publication
Media Club of Canada
Year
1990
Name
Grand Prize, City Poetry Contest
Publication
Arts Scarborough
Year
1987
Name
Finalist, Short Story Contest
Publication
Sunday Star
Year
1987
Name
Finalist, Poetry Writing Competition
Publication
CBC
Year
1986
Name
Winner, Mother's Day Poem Competition
Publication
Book Cellar
Year
1982
Name
First Prize, The Spring Peepers Anthology Contest
Publication
The Ontario Poetry Society
Year
2021
LINKS
Programs & Interests
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