Rona Altrows

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Rona Altrows
Born1948 (age 73–74)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationWriter, Editor
Website www.ronaaltrows.com

Rona Altrows (born 1948) is a Canadian writer and editor. Her books include short fiction, a children's book, and two literary anthologies. [1] Her stories and essays have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across Canada.

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Biography

Altrows grew up in Montreal, Quebec. In 1979 she moved to Calgary, Alberta and has lived there ever since. She has been a writer-in-residence for the Calgary Public Library [2] and the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society, also located in Calgary. [3]

Bibliography

Short fiction

Anthologies, editor

Children's fiction

Awards and honours

Rona Altrows is the winner of two Alberta Literary Awards: the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize for A Run on Hose, [14] [15] and the Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize for "Letter of Intent". [16] She has twice been nominated for the Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story. [17] [18] [19] With Naomi K. Lewis, she was awarded an Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for Shy: An Anthology. Altrows was the inaugural winner of the Brenda Strathern Writing Prize.

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References

  1. ↑ "WorldCat search-Rona Altrows". WorldCat. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "In residence programs-author in residence-past authors in residence". Calgary Public Library . Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Member Profile - Rona Altrows". Writers' Union of Canada . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Rettie, Alex (27 August 2018). "Rona Altrows: for the love of snail mail and letter writing". Read Local BC. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  5. ↑ "At This Juncture: A Book of Letters". Alberta Views. 1 April 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ Volmers, Eric (24 April 2011). "Calgarian runs with lingerie character" . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  7. ↑ Bartley, Jim (7 October 2006). "Death lite". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  8. ↑ Greene, Elizabeth (2 February 2019). "Waiting: An Anthology of Essays, edited by Rona Altrows and Julie Sedivy". Ottawa Review of Books. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Brandon (8 November 2018). "Anthology launches at artsPlace". Rocky Mountain Outlook . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ Parks, Joy (December 2013). "Shy: Anthology, Book Review, eds". Quill and Quire . Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  11. ↑ Volmers, Eric (14 September 2013). "Flood book helps explain disaster to kids". Calgary Herald . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ Strapagiel, Lauren (25 July 2013). "Nenshi reads Calgary flood book to kids". Canada.com . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  13. ↑ Volmers, Eric (21 June 2018). "Inundation provided inspiration to city's artists". Calgary Herald . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  14. ↑ Clark, Bob (27 May 2007). "Author Altrows floored by win" . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  15. ↑ "City of Calgary Awards 2006 Award Recipients" (PDF). City of Calgary: Calgary Awards . Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  16. ↑ Robertson, Becky (12 June 2017). "Gisèle Villeneuve, Richard Harrison among 2017 Alberta Literary Award winners" . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Mara Palahniuk interviews Rona Altrows". Writers' Guild of Alberta . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Writers' Guild of Alberta Program Services-Awards". Writers' Guild of Alberta . Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Nine Calgary writers nominated for Alberta Literary Awards". Calgary Herald. 9 April 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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