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Bio - Anne Sorbie

Anne Sorbie is a Scottish Canadian writer.

Her latest book is (M)othering which she co-edited with Heidi Grogan.

The book was released in May 2022 and makes a wonderful gift any day of the year! For more information about (M)othering, View Here.

Inanna also published Anne’s poetry collection, Falling Backwards Into Mirrors, in October 2019.

Her novel, Memoir of a Good Death was published by Thistledown Press in 2011, and her first book, Altar Ego, (a monograph) was published in Germany by VDM.

Anne’s short fiction, poetry, essays and book reviews have also been published by The University of Alberta Press, Frontenac House, and House of Blue Skies; in magazines and journals such as Alberta Views, Geist, and Other Voices; and online with Brick Books, CBC Canada Writes, Geist, and Wax Poetry and Art. As past editor of Dandelion Magazine and chapbook publisher (Skyview Press), Anne has combined her love of visual and written art to create both periodicals and chapbooks.

Anne Sorbie - Calgary Author

Education & Employment

Education

  • M.A. Creative Writing (University of Calgary)
  • B.A. English (University of Calgary)

Employment

  • Freelance Writer and Editor
  • Mentor – Creative Writing, Writers Guild of Alberta
  • Instructor – Creative Writing, Mount Royal University (Continuing Ed.)
  • Instructor – English, Red Deer College

Associations

  • Alberta Writers Guild
  • League of Canadian Poets
  • Writers’ Union of Canada

Volunteer Positions

  • Past Treasurer – The Calgary International Spoken Word Festival
  • Past Director – Calgary International Spoken Word Festival
  • Past President – Dandelion Magazine Foundation
  • Past Juror – Writers’ Guild of Alberta Mentorship Program

Of Note…

  • Shortlisted for Calgary’s Poet Laureate position, 2020.
  • Finalist – 2013 CBC Canada Writes Bloodlines competition: “Thomas Horne.”
  • Semi-Finalist – 2012 Alberta Readers’ Choice Award
  • (Alberta Literary Award) Memoir of a Good Death (Thistledown 2010 and 2012)