Christine McNair
BIO
Biography

CHRISTINE MCNAIR is the author of Charm (Book*hug 2017, winner of the 2018 Archibald Lampman Award) and Conflict (Book*hug 2012, finalist for the City of Ottawa Book Award, the Archibald Lampman Award, and the ReLit Award for Poetry). Toxemia (Book*hug 2024) is her first published work of hybrid non-fiction -- a poetic memoir of her experience with preeclampsia, illness, and various aspects of toxicity.

Christine was born and mostly raised in Mississauga (part of the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations) minus a few early years in Blackburn Hamlet.

She completed an undergraduate degree with an honours creative writing thesis at Acadia University (Wolfville, NS) before spending two years as an editor's devil at a small literary press. She completed a master's degree in the conservation of books and library materials at West Dean College (West Sussex, UK) and is a former co-publisher and book designer for Chaudiere Books. She currently works as a book conservator in Ottawa.

ADDRESS
City: Ottawa, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry, non-fiction, memoir, fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Toxemia (hybrid non-fiction memoir)
Publisher
Book*hug
Year
2024
Title
Charm (poetry)
Publisher
Book*hug
Year
2017
Title
Conflict (poetry)
Publisher
Book*hug
Year
2012
Title
Hexe (poetry chapbook)
Publisher
shreeking violet press
Year
2023
Title
pleasantries and other misdemeanours (poetry chapbook)
Publisher
Apt. 9 press
Year
2013
Title
notes from a cartywheel (poetry chapbook)
Publisher
AngelHouse Press
Year
2011
Title
Dalhousie Blues (poetry anthology)
Publisher
Ex Hubris Press
Year
2009
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Winner of Archibald Lampman Poetry Award
Publication
Charm (Book*hug, 2017)
Year
2018
Name
Shortlisted for bpNichol chapbook award
Publication
poetries and other misdemeanours (Apt9 Press, 2013)
Year
2014
Name
Finalist for Archibald Lampman Poetry Award
Publication
Conflict (Book*hug, 2012)
Year
2013
Name
Finalist for City of Ottawa Book award (fiction)
Publication
Conflict (Book*hug, 2012)
Year
2013
Name
Shortlisted for Re-Lit Award
Publication
Conflict (Book*hug, 2012)
Year
2013
Name
Shortlisted for Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry
Publication
Conflict (in manuscript form)
Year
2011
Name
Honourable Mention, Eden Mills Literary Competition
Publication
n/a
Year
2007
Name
Second-prize, Poetry, Atlantic Canadian Writing Competition
Publication
n/a
Year
2004
LINKS
Links
Toxemia (Book*hug, 2024)
Charm (Book*hug, 2017)
Conflict (Book*hug, 2012)
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
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