Amy Willans

Writing

• Books
• Awards
• Poetry
• Projects

Bonus Audio

Hazy Blue

The Peace In Between

Books

Haunted by Blue · 2014 · The Rasp and the Wine.
Amy’s first chapbook of poetry explores the longing to return to childhood.The agony of the cuts and scrapes. Through turmoil comes great tenderness. Haunted by Blue maps what follows you and what fades.

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Magazines

• The Globe and Mail: I’m not crazy. I’m not dangerous. I just need your understanding.
• The Globe and Mail: My body ballooned when I went on anti-depressants, each day a battle against hunger and fat-shaming

Awards

• 2015
  16th Annual CARNA Awards
  Partner in Health Award
• 2015
  Women’s Voices, Women’s Visions Conference
  June, 2015
  Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
• 2012
  Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, Edmonton Branch
  Employee of the Year
• 1996
  Canadian Precision Skating Team
  Member

Poetry

• 2005
  Standing Together: Women Speak Out about Violence and Abuse (Brindle and Glass) edited by Linda Goyette and sponsored by the Alberta Council on Women’s Shelters.
• 2002 – 2006
  The Raving Poets’ CDs Mumbo Jumbo, Pig Poetry and The Raving Poets Remixed

Projects

• 2013
  Fighting Normal. What does normal look like? Who gets to decide what is or isn’t normal? With the multi-media installation Fighting Normal (Visual Arts Alberta Gallery, 2013), Edmonton poet Amy Willans and visual artist Laurie MacFayden explore the stigma that confronts anyone who does not present as ‘normal’.