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Beverley Brenna
Bibliography: (including Awards and Honours)
The Moon Children (junior fiction novel, in press 2007, Red Deer Press)
Wild Orchid (YA novel, Red Deer Press), 2005;
- shortlisted for the Canadian Library Assoc. Young Adult Book Award and the Manitoba Readers’ Choice Award; starred selection from the Canadian Children’s Book Centre; shortlisted for a Saskatchewan Book Award
The Keeper of the Trees (junior fantasy novel, Ronsdale Press), 1999;
- shortlisted for a Saskatchewan Book Award
Spider Summer (junior realistic fiction novel, ITP Nelson), 1998
Daddy Longlegs at Birch Lane (Smithsonian picture book, Soundprints Press), 1997
Short Fiction:
2005
Adult short story Foil Butterflies broadcast by CBC Radio (Between the Covers; Gallery)
2004
Adult short story Foil Butterflies
- winner of Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild short fiction competition
2003
Adult short story Queen of Hearts produced by CBC’s Gallery
2001
Y.A. short story Old Wives’ Lake in Ronsdale’s historical fiction anthology Beginnings
- a Canadian “Our Choice” Award Winner
1999
Adult short story Looking for Marielle Barnes on CBC’s Gallery
1998
Junior short story Toe Jam in Thistledown’s humour anthology Opening Tricks
Adult short story Over the Line broadcast on CBC Radio
Junior short story Higher Ground in Beach Holme’s historical fiction anthology Winds Through Time
1996
Adult short story Over the Line
- Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Major Award
The Dragon Tamer in Thistledown’s junior fiction anthology Takes
- winner of the CLA award
Adult Poetry Broadcasts:
Recursives, CBC Radio, 1993 (20 minutes)
Voices from the Stars, CBC Radio, 1988 (20 minutes)
Weekend Anglers, CBC Radio, 1987 (20 minutes)
Anthologies:
Listening with the Ear of the Heart, Coteau, 2003
bite to eat place, Redwood Coast Press, 1995
Do Whales Jump at Night? Douglas & McIntyre, 1990
Also: Grain, The Prairie Journal, Western People, Prairie Jungle, Contemporary Verse II, Harvest, Freelance, Transition, Holt&Rinehart Readers, The Auteur (London, England), Dandelion, Trout, Scholastic and Prentice Hall Books, Zygote, Coming Up for Air (Cranberry Tree Pr.)
Non-Fiction:
Portrayals in Literature of Characters with Special Needs: paper presented at the International Conference on Education, Honolulu, 2006
Breaking Stereotypes with Children’s Fiction: article published in Abilities Magazine, February 2006
Children’s Book Review Column in The Saskatoon Star Phoenix: 1995-2006
Other representative work: Articles and book reviews for Owl, Canadian Family 1999; The Saskatoon Sun, 1997; The Saskatoon Free Press, 1997; Humour pieces for Western People and Canadian Living, 1996-1998; bi-monthly columnist for The Family Connection, 1990; academic work in Horizons, in Literacy and various British journals on Children’s Reading Development, Masters Thesis: The Metacognitive Reading Development of Five Early Readers.
Storytelling:
Beverley Brenna has performed a variety of folktales and popular children’s books, using puppets and props, with children ages 4 - 14, in Canada, Britain, and Australia. She has been a regular at the Northern Saskatchewan International Children’s Festival and the Sundog Faire and works on a freelance basis in schools and libraries in and around Saskatoon.
Broadcasts:
Guest on CBC phone-in, Afternoon Edition, July 2000, regarding the Children’s Literature Scene in Canada
Other Awards:
2004 and 2005 Sask Arts Board Grants for Wild Orchid and The Moon Children
2001: Second Prize in the Ontario Writers’ Guild Poetry Contest for On the Diving Board
1995: Saskatchewan Writers Guild Major Award in the Children’s Literature Category for poems The Bug House Family Restaurant
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