Alice is celebrating June with two awards for Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science. First, on June 7, she received a gold medal in the 35th National Magazine Awards for “The Ultraviolet Catastrophe”. This essay from the book had been excerpted in special “Quarc” issue of The New Quarterly. Two days later, she received the Wilfrid […]

An excerpt from Alice’s new book of essays, Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science was published in Issue #35 of the Los Angeles-based journal, Rattle. This issue features a tribute to Canadian Poets. Another excerpt—this one from the essay called “Brain Surgery” (on the schooling of poets)—will appear in the next issue of Queen’s Quarterly.

Alice’s newest book, Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science, will be launched at Litfest, Edmonton’s non-fiction festival. This collection of essays is part memoir, part ars poetica, part wonder-journey, as she allows the two sets—the work of poets and the work of scientists—to intersect like spots of coloured light overlapping to form new shades […]

Memory’s Daughter has been awarded the 2011 Stephan G. Stephansson Award, given annually for a book of poetry by an Alberta writer. The award was presented at the Writers Guild of Alberta’s annual awards gala in Calgary on June 15. This award was established in 1982 in honour of Stephan G. Stephansson (1853-1927) who immigrated to […]

Alice Major and Rollie Pemberton (aka Cadence Weapon) are the faces for the Edmonton Public Library’s newest READ poster. Alice was Edmonton’s first poet laureate, and Rollie followed her.

Alice launched her new collection, Memory’s Daughter, on April 1 at Greenwoods Bookshoppe. Visit the University of Alberta Press blog for pictures. CKUA also aired an interview with Alice about the new collection, in conversation with Ken Davis on its Bookmark program.

Alice Major received the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award during the Mayor’s Celebration for the Arts on March 22. This is the 23rd year for this Edmonton event, which recognizes contributions to the city’s arts community. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given each year to an individual artist who has made such a contribution over an […]

Alice Major will be the guet speaker at the Edmonton & Area Famous Five Society’s luncheon on Thursday, March 25, 2010. The Society hosts five luncheons a year in the ballroom of Edmonton’s historic Macdonald Hotel. The Enbridge Famous Five luncheon series features speakers from the business, academic and not-for-profit worlds — and at least […]

A generous selection from Alice’s collection, The Occupied World, appears in a new anthology of Canadian poetry published in Ireland.

The Office Tower Tales was awarded the Pat Lowther Award at the annual conference of the League of Canadian Poets on June 13. The Lowther award is given annually for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. The award was established in memory of Pat Lowther, a young B. C. poet who died tragically […]