Tom Dawe, CM ONL (born October 24, 1940) is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Born in Long Pond, Conception Bay, Newfoundland (present-day Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), Dawe has written poetry and children's literature for many years. He is also a visual artist. His work often draws on folklore, mythology, autobiography, and Newfoundland culture, particularly the experience of growing up in a Newfoundland outport community.
Dawe was a founding member in 1973 of Breakwater Books, the province's first publishing house. He was also a co-founder of TickleAce magazine, and an editor of the folklore publication The Livyer. Dawe also taught English at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His work is the subject of Rewriting Newfoundland Mythology: The Works of Tom Dawe, by Martina Seifert.
He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011 and an Officier of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2012.[1][2]
From 2010-2013 Dawe was the poet laureate of St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]
Bibliography
Children's Literature
- A Gommil from Bumble Bee Bight and other nonsense verse, with illustrations by Sylvia Quinton Ficken. St. John's, NL: Harry Cuff Publications, 1982
- Angishore, boo-man and clumper: a Newfoundland folk alphabet, with illustrations by Sylvia Quinton Ficken. St. John's : Harry Cuff Publications, 1983
- Alley-coosh, bibby and cark: a second Newfoundland folk alphabet, with illustrations by Sylvia Quinton Ficken. St. John's, NL: H. Cuff Publications, c1987
- Moocher in the Lun, with illustrations by Anne MacLeod. St John's: Flanker Press, 2008
- The wonderful dogfish racket, C. Anne Macleod, illustrator. St. John's : Pennywell Books, 2013
- An old man's winter night: ghostly tales, with Veselina Tomova, illustrator. Tors Cove, NL: Running the Goat Press, 2015
Poetry
- Connections with Tom Moore. St John's, NL: Self published, 1972
- Hemlock Cove and After. St john's, NL: Breakwater, 1975
- In a Small Cove, a limited edition, Wychwood Press, England, 1978
- Island Spell. St John's, NL: Harry Cuff Publications, 1981
- Lings 'n' things (a count and colour book), with Pamela Dawe. St. John's, NL: Harry CufF, 1986
- In Hardy Country: New and Selected Poems. St John's, NL: Breakwater, 1993
- Sea Foam Swings in the Bluebe: A chapbook of haiku, edited Nick Avis. Pointe Claire, Que.: King's Road Press, 2005
- Where Genesis Begins with artwork by Gerald Squires. St John's: Breakwater Books, 2009
- Caligula's horse and other creatures, with illustrations by Gerald Squires. Signed limited edition (50). St. Michael's Printshop (N.L.); Running the Goat Books and Broadsides, c2009
- Shadows in the aftergrass: (poems sometimes haiku), chapbook, with afterword by Nick Avis. Tors Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador : Running the Goat Books & Broadside, 2013?
- New and Collected Poems. St John's: Breakwater Books, 2019
Short stories
- The loon in the dark tide: old Newfoundland ghost stories. St. John's: H. Cuff Publications, 1981
- Winter of the black weasel: a tale based on a Newfoundland Micmac legend, illustrated by Anne MacLeod. St. John's, NL: Breakwater Books, 1988
- An Old Man's Winter Night, illustrated and designed by Veselina Tomova. Tors Cove, NL: Running the Goat Books & Broadsides, Inc., 2015
- Spirited Away: Fairy stories of old Newfoundland, with Veselina Tomova, illustrator. Tors Cove, NL: Running the Goat Books & Broadsides, Inc., 2017
References
- ^ "Appointments to the Order of Canada". Governor General of Canada.
- ^ https://www.gov.nl.ca/onl/recipients/7th-investiture/
- ^ City f St John's, NL