Alice major biography

Alice Major emigrated from Scotland at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto before coming west to work as a weekly newspaper reporter in central British Columbia. She has lived in Edmonton, Alberta since 1981.

She has published six collections of poetry and one novel for young readers.

Her poems have also appeared widely in literary periodicals such as the Antigonish Review, Arc, CV2, Descant, The Fiddlehead, Grain, Orbis (U.K.), Other Voices, Poetry Canada Review, Prism, Quarry, Queen's Quarterly, Room of One's Own, and Stand Magazine (U.K.).

Her work has also appeared in a variety of anthologies.

She reads her work frequently at many venues across Canada. She has also read in Britain at the University of Leeds, and in Australia at the Varuna Writers Centre in Katoomba and the NSW Writers Centre.

Her work has been broadcast a number of times on the CBC's "Alberta Anthology." Other performances include the Time Capsule project (for Edmonton's Symphony Hall), and a Gala P