KIRSTEN PENDREIGH
Author & Poet
POETRY
Some Recent Publications:
THIS MAGAZINE, Summer 2020
ROOM MAGAZINE, Spring 2020
SWEETWATER ANTHOLOGY: Poems for the Watersheds (Caitlin Press) Spring 2020
TEMZ REVIEW COVID-19 Anthology 2020
ARC POETRY MAGAZINE, 2019
PRAIRIE FIRE, Spring 2019
SAVANTE-GARDE LITERARY MAGAZINE, Spring 2019
SUBTERRAIN MAGAZINE, #79, 2018
Bye Bye Vancouver Issue, 4 poems
ANOTHER DYSFUNCTIONAL CANCER ANTHOLOGY (2018, Mansfield Press)
CV2 POETRY, Spring 2018
Pandora's Collective Poetry Contest Winner, 2018
JUNIPER POETRY, 2018
SUSTENANCE ANTHOLOGY (2018, Anvil Press)
SEA TO SKY REVIEW 2019
CHILDREN'S WRITING
I write lyrical and humorous picture books (fiction and non-fiction) as well as chapter books and board books. I'm an active member of 12x12PB, SCBWI, Inked Voices and CWILL.
My debut picture book, LET THE BABY PUSH THE BUTTONS! will publish in 2021, with Ripple Grove Press. This funny and suspenseful story follows two headstrong, button-pushing toddlers who meet one day at a crosswalk in the middle of town. One crosswalk button, two button-obsessed babies...
(Publisher's Weekly announcement below!)
I'm represented by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary.
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ABOUT ME
I'm a poet and children's author. My debut picture book, LET THE BABY PUSH THE BUTTONS! will publish in 2021. Formerly a broadcast journalist with NPR and CBC, I'm now a freelance writer and editor, often working in the health sciences field. I'm also a literacy mentor with The Writer's Exchange and a moderator for author events at the Vancouver Writer's Festival. I'm grateful to live in beautiful BC, between ocean and mountains, with good, funny people and a very cute dog.
