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Catherine Owen is a Canadian poet, writer, and performer.
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Catherine Owen is a Canadian poet, writer, and performer.
Catherine Owen was born and raised in Vancouver, the eldest of five siblings. At 11, her short story won a Catholic school writing contest. As a teenager, Owen wrote and performed public readings of her poetry. Owen currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.[ citation needed ]
In 1998, her first work was published by Exile Editions. Since then, she has published a number of literary, non-fiction and poetry works. She regularly reviews poetry for Canadian publications.[ citation needed ]
As a musician she has played with the metal bands Inhuman and Helgrind and has a solo project called Grieve. She has also performed several one-woman plays.[ citation needed ]
Owen runs the performance series 94th Street Trobairitz, and hosts a podcast named Ms Lyric's Poetry Outlaws.[ citation needed ] She has a web series named The Reading Queen, about literature aimed at children.[ citation needed ]
Gary Barwin is a Canadian poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer and educator who lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He writes in a range of genres including poetry, fiction, visual poetry, music for live performers and computers, text and sound works, and writing for children and young adults. His music and writing have been presented in Canada, the US, Japan, and Europe.
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