Anita Daher
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Anita Daher | |
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 Anita Daher in 2009 | |
| Born | Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
Anita Daher is a Canadian actor, producer, and writer, who has written more than 17 published books
Daher sat as Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada from 2019–2021, the first two-year term Chair in the Union's history.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Flight from Big Tangle (2002) [2]
- Flight from Bear Canyon (2004) [2]
- Racing for Diamonds (2007) [2]
- Spider's Song (2007) [3]
- Two Foot Punch (2007) [2]
- Poachers in the Pingos (2008) [2]
- On the Trail of the Bushman (2009) [2]
- Wager the Wonder Horse (2013) [4]
- Itty Bitty Bits (2013) [5]
- Wonder Horse (2015) [6]
- Forgetting How to Breathe (2018) [7]
- You Don't Have to Die in the End (2020[8])
- Peanut Butter and Chaos (2022)[9]
- Peanut Butter and Pandemonium (2023)[10]
Awards
[edit]- Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising New Writer, 2007[11]
- Finalist, Spider's Song, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008[12]
- Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008[12]
- Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Hackmatack Award, 2009[13]
- Long List, Mime, CBC Literary Prize, 2017 [14]
- Finalist, Forgetting How to Breathe, IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2019 [15]
- Finalist, You Don't Have to Die in the End, Forest of Reading White Pine Award, 2021 [16]
- Finalist, You Don't Have to Die in the End, Manitoba Book Award, Best YA Novel, 2021 [17]
- Finalist, Peanut Butter and Chaos, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Sundog Award, 2024 [18]
- Finalist, Peanut Butter and Chaos, Red Cedar Award, 2024 [19]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Anita Daher | the Writers' Union of Canada".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Contributor Info".
- ↑ "Spider's Song". 25 July 2007.
- ↑ bookbot.com; s.r.o, Knihobot. "Search result for "Anita Daher" - bookbot.com". bookbot.com. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Peanut Butter Press :: WELCOME!".
- ↑ "CanLit for LittleCanadians: Wonder Horse". 10 September 2015.
- ↑ "Forgetting How to Breathe - Great Plains Press". 8 February 2023.
- ↑ "You Don't Have to die in the End | CM: Canadian Review of Materials". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "One moment, please..." www.greatplains.mb.ca. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Member Profile".
- ↑ The John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer Archived 4 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Aqua Books Writer in Residence Program
- ↑ Association of Canadian Publishers [permanent dead link]
- ↑ "28 writers make the 2017 CBC Short Story Prize longlist | CBC Books".
- ↑ "IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2019 - Short List - IODE Canada". Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ↑ "Here are the 2021 White Pine Award finalists: 10 great Canadian books for readers in Grades 9-12 | CBC Books".
- ↑ McNally Robinson Books for Young People (Older Category)
- ↑ "2024 MYRCA Sundogs – Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards".
- ↑ "2023/24 RED CEDAR BOOK AWARD NOMINEES" (PDF). www.redcedaraward.ca. Young Readers’ Choice Awards Society of British Columbia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Manitoba Writers Guild Profile
- Winnipeg International Writers Festival Biography
- Anita Daher official website
- Anita Daher at IMDb
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Categories:
- Canadian women children's writers
- Canadian writers of young adult literature
- Living people
- People from Summerside, Prince Edward Island
- Novelists from Prince Edward Island
- Writers from Winnipeg
- Canadian women writers of young adult literature
- 21st-century Canadian women novelists
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Manitoba Book Awards winners
- Novelists from Manitoba