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 Darren Anderson lives in Nanaimo, BC,Canada with his wife and daughter. He is currently an English/Creative Writing student at Malaspina U/C. Darren has work published in various magazines, newspapers, anthologies and ezines including Aalst, Forget Magazine, Log Cabin Chronicles, Nuvein, CC&D, The Breath Ezine, Voice, and most recently in the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, The Ballarat Review(Australia), and Leaf Press. Darren has two chapbooks of poetry, Seasons(CNV Press), and Hidden Among the Pine(Island Scholastic Press). Darren has recently been awarded the 2004 top achievement award by the Nanaimo Arts Council, and in 2006, invented a poetry form called the West Coast Sonnet.
Email: darrenandnatalie@shaw.ca
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MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Nanaimo Arts Counicl's 2004 top achievement award winner for poetry.
Invented the Canadian West Coast Sonnet form, 2006. Theory and poems published in Portal Literary Magazine, 2006.
3Cup Morning 2001 Poetry Contest winner. - Currently an instructor for the Malaspina Continuing Education Program. Darren currently teaches Writing to Reduce Stress, Writing with Shakespeare, and Writing for Publication.
- Hidden Among the Pine, his second chapbook was published by Island Scholastic Press.
- Seasons, Darren's first chapbook was published by CNV Press.
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MY NEWS:
Check out my music at soundclick.com! give me your votes and show me the love!!
www.soundclick.com/
It is with great pleasure to announce that I'm the new editor of Canadian Literature at Suite 101.com! Yeah!!
1)Faller's Fuel published in Island Writer May 2005.
I'm also pleased to announce that I'm currently transcribing letters for the Canadian Letters and Images Project.
2)Had the priveledge of reading a dedication poem to Don Mckay during his reading at Malaspina University.
3)Poems from my latest chapbook featured on the Copperfield Review.
http://www.copperfieldreview.com/
4)Two poems published in POETRY KIT MAGAZINE 4 - now on line at
http://www.poetrykit.org/pkmag/index.htm
5)Won 2nd place in The Writer's Hood Horror Haiku contest. Poem will be published in November's issue.
6)Featured poet at Flying Corn Press
7) Finished my first full length screenplay! Script will be available online soon.
8)I invented a new sonnet form called the Canadian West Coast Sonnet. The theory and two sonnets have been published in Portal 2006.
9)I just learned that my sonnet theory will be added to the English 318 course syllabus at Malaspina University. What an honor!
10)I'm working on a form called molecular poetry...details coming soon.
12) Just finishing a poetry cookbook called "Recipes of the Gods" The poetry is a narrative story written in an old Norse form. The playful poem tells the story of Hygg the chef, who gets transported to Odin's home. Hygg soon finds out that the only way to get back home is to please the god's appetites. The various savoury recipes are a combination of Canadian and traditional Icelandic recipes. More details coming soon.
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MY RESIDENCE INFO:
City: Nanaimo(darrenandnatalie@shaw.ca)
State/Country: BC, Canada
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BOOKS PUBLISHED:
 Seasons
A beautiuful poetry chapbook combining great art and poetry divided into the four seasons of life. Published by CNV Press.
ISBN: 0-9733174-0-1
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HIDDEN AMONG THE PINE (PHOTO COMING SOON)
Hidden Among the Pine explores the Canadian culture and landscape as we follow the trail from British Columbia to Quebec.
ISBN: 1-894976-08-8
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