Tammy Armstrong

Tammy Lynn Armstrong (born March 26, 1974) is a Canadian poet and novelist.[1] She is most noted for her 2002 collection Bogman's Music, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2002 Governor General's Awards.[2]

Originally from St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Armstrong was educated at the University of British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick.[1]

Career

Armstrong has published the poetry collections Unravel (2004),[1] Take Us Quietly (2006)[3] and The Scare in the Crow (2010),[4] and the novels Translations: Aístreann (2002)[5] and Pye-Dogs (2008).[6]

In 2017, Armstrong's Hermit God Spot made the longlist for the CBC Poetry Prize.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Tammy Lynn Armstrong". New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, 2010.
  2. "Newcomers abound on Governor General's literary list". Telegraph-Journal, October 22, 2002.
  3. "Fredericton woman writes another book of strong verse". Daily Gleaner, October 28, 2006.
  4. "Hinterlands". Telegraph-Journal, September 4, 2010.
  5. "Poignant tale shows how the past influences the future". Hamilton Spectator, July 13, 2002.
  6. "Local woman's novel has 'the grit and haunting aftertaste of a bestseller'". Daily Gleaner, February 14, 2009.
  7. "Hermit God Spot by Tammy Armstrong". CBC Books. Retrieved 30 December 2019.


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