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Leanne Averbach is a Canadian writer, performance poet and experimental filmmaker. She has been published in numerous literary magazines and performed her work with musicians across Canada, the US and Italy.
Her first book Fever (Mansfield Press, Toronto 2005) was short-listed for the national Gerald Lampert Memorial first poetry book prize in 2006. Her companion CD Fever is a fusion of her spoken words and the blues/jazz accompaniment of the group Indigo. "The poems swing from worldly to wild." (Georgia Straight 2006)
Come Closer, Averbach's second volume of poems is published by Tightrope Books, Toronto, 2010.
Her first video-poem Carwash can be viewed on the site and her second short film, Teacups & Mink, was selected as Best Short International Film, Poetic Genre, and Best Directorial Debut at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2008, as well as a Best Short Film at the Palm Desert Film Festival 2008.
Leanne formerly taught at the University of British Columbia Language Institute. She holds an MA from Simon Fraser University and an MFA from The New School, New York.
** BEST SHORT INTERNATIONAL FILM, POETIC GENRE
New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2008
** BEST SHORT FILM
Palm Desert Film Festival, 2008
Short Listed for the 2006 Gerald Lampert Memorial First Book Award
DFAIT Canadian Embassy, New York City, March 2005
$1600 travel grant for launch of CD & book
Poets & Writer's Grant, September 2004
nominated by New York Arts & Dance Innovation
Big City Lit Int'l Chapbook Contest, New York City, 2003
Honourable Mention (3rd place)
Poets & Writer's Grant, New York City, 2002
nominated by Knitting Factory Reading Series
Sub-Terrain Magazine Last Poems Contest, 2000
Runner-up
Leanne Averbach is a Canadian writer, performance poet and experimental filmmaker. She has been published in numerous literary magazines and performed her work with musicians across Canada, the US and Italy.
Her first book Fever (Mansfield Press, Toronto 2005) was short-listed for the national Gerald Lampert Memorial first poetry book prize in 2006. Her companion CD Fever is a fusion of her spoken words and the blues/jazz accompaniment of the group Indigo. "The poems swing from worldly to wild." (Georgia Straight 2006)
Come Closer, Averbach's second volume of poems is published by Tightrope Books, Toronto, 2010.
Her first video-poem Carwash can be viewed on the site and her second short film, Teacups & Mink, was selected as Best Short International Film, Poetic Genre, and Best Directorial Debut at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2008, as well as a Best Short Film at the Palm Desert Film Festival 2008.
Leanne formerly taught at the University of British Columbia Language Institute. She holds an MA from Simon Fraser University and an MFA from The New School, New York.
** BEST SHORT INTERNATIONAL FILM, POETIC GENRE
New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2008
** BEST SHORT FILM
Palm Desert Film Festival, 2008
Short Listed for the 2006 Gerald Lampert Memorial First Book Award
DFAIT Canadian Embassy, New York City, March 2005
$1600 travel grant for launch of CD & book
Poets & Writer's Grant, September 2004
nominated by New York Arts & Dance Innovation
Big City Lit Int'l Chapbook Contest, New York City, 2003
Honourable Mention (3rd place)
Poets & Writer's Grant, New York City, 2002
nominated by Knitting Factory Reading Series
Sub-Terrain Magazine Last Poems Contest, 2000
Runner-up
