Amber McMillan

McMillan in 2021

Amber McMillan is a Canadian writer. She is the author of the poetry collection We Can't Ever Do This Again (2015),[1] the memoir The Woods: A Year on Protection Island (2016),[2][3] the short story collection The Running Trees (2021),[4] and the poetry collection This Is a Stickup (2022).[5]

McMillan's short story collection The Running Trees was shortlisted for the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction in 2022.[6] In 2017, her poem "The Other Side of an Hour" was shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize.[7]

Publications

  • We Can't ever Do This Again. Wolsak & Wynn. 2015.
  • The Woods: A Year on Protection Island. Nightwood Editions. 2016.[8]
  • The Running Trees. Goose Lane Editions. 2021.
  • This Is a Stickup. Wolsak & Wynn. 2022.

References

  1. ↑ "Claire Kelly on the 'deliberate and unwavering' poems in Amber McMillan's We Can't Ever Do This Again". CBC Books. 2019-04-18. Archived from the original on 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ↑ "The Woods: A Year on Protection Island by Amber McMillan". Publishers Weekly. 2017-05-29. Archived from the original on 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ↑ Torti, Jules (2016-11-04). "Review: The Woods a cautionary tale of island life". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  4. ↑ "The Running Trees". CBC Books. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  5. ↑ "This Is a Stickup". CBC Books. 2022-08-30. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  6. ↑ "N.B. authors, illustrators make a splash on Atlantic Book Awards shortlist". CBC Books. 2022-05-01. Archived from the original on 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-16 – via Yahoo News.
  7. ↑ "2017 Competition". Montreal International Poetry Prize. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  8. ↑ Abdou, Angie (2016-11-01). "The Woods: A Year on Protection Island". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2026-07-31.