Tammy Armstrong

Tammy Armstrong grew up in the border town of St. Stephen New Brunswick, Canada. She earned an MA in creative writing at University of British Columbia. In 2003, she moved to Halifax where she taught English as a Second Language. Today, she lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick where she is pursuing a Ph.D. at UNB, writing, and teaching literacy to adults with physical disabilities. Her Ph.D. is on the signification of animals in Atlantic Canadian literature. Her house borders a ravine on the Nashwaak River, where the borders between wild and domestic are blurred. Osprey, beaver, muskrat, fish, frogs, and turtles abound.

Tammy’s first novel, Translations: Aistreann, won the David Adams Richards Prize of the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick in 1999. Her first collection of poetry, Bogman’s Music, won the WFNB Bailey Award in 2002 and was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award. Her second poetry collection, Unravel, was a finalist for the 2004 ReLit Awards, and Take Us Quietly has been nominated for an Acorn-Plantos People’s Poet Award. Her poetry has also been featured on CBC radio and performed at the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, Canada for International Women's Day. Her most recent release, The Scare in the Crow, has been receiving rave reviews since its release in late 2010.

Appearances at BookFestWindsor:
November 5, 11:30 a.m. (Rodzik)