Required Reading
A witness in words and drawings to the Reena Virk Trials 1998-2000
- Publisher
- Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2000
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919897700
- Publish Date
- Oct 2000
- List Price
- $19.00
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Description
Winner of the Pat Lowther Award
In 1999 and 2000, two Victoria teenagers were convicted of the murder of their schoolfellow, fourteen-year-old Reena Virk. Of the more than 500 drawings she prepared as courtroom artist for the trials, Heather Spears has selected some 50 to accompany the poems that record her experience of the process. As poet and as artist, Spears bears witness throughout her work to the plight of young people under stress.
About the author
Poet, artist and novelist Heather Spears has received the Governor-General’s Award for poetry and most recently the Pat Lowther Prize. She lives in Denmark, visiting Canada each year to teach and give readings. She has published 11 poetry collections and three novels of speculative fiction, as well as books of drawings and poetry, including The Panum Poems and Required Reading. Heather Spears also edited and illustrated Line by Line, an anthology of Canadian poetry.
