Hit and Run: Maxwell Macmillan, Don Mills, Ontario, 1994.Sticks and Stones: Maxwell Macmillan, Don Mills, Ontario, 1994.Who Owns Kelly Paddik?: Maxwell Macmillan, Don Mills, Ontario, 1993.Don Mills, Ontario: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. The First Principles of Dreaming, Second Story Press, 2014.The Only-Good Heart: Pedlar Press, Toronto, 1998.

Could I Have My Body Back Now, Please?.

Lookin' for Joy: Exile Editions, Holstein Ontario, 2022.

Breathing at Dusk: Poems: Coteau Books, Regina, 2017.

2018 City of Saskatoon and Saskatoon Public Library Book Award for 'breathing at dusk'.

2018 Saskatchewan Arts Board Book Award for Poetry for 'breathing at dusk'.

2017 Snow Willow Award for 'The Pain Eater'.

2017 High Plains YA Book Award for 'The Pain Eater'.

2017 Saskatchewan YA Book Award for 'The Pain Eater'.

2004 Saskatchewan Book Award for Children's Literature for 'Fixed'.

2003 Saskatchewan Book Award for Children's Literature for 'Flux'.

2000 Saskatchewan Book Award for Children's Literature for 'Before Wings'.

2000 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award for Before Wings.

Ross Annett Juvenile Fiction Award for Mission Impossible. Her poem 'Civilization lives in the throat' was selected by Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa for inclusion in 2021 Best Canadian Poetry ( Biblioasis).Īs of 2017, she has 25 published books to her credit, including the genres of young adult fiction (18 books), children's (one book), one adult novel, 2 collections of short fiction, and 3 collections of poetry. Her work has appeared in many Canadian literary journals, including The Fiddlehead, Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, Antigonish Review, Event, Grain, Prairie Fire and The Prairie Journal. Goobie's first published poems were 'To the Creator' and 'The Making in Edges Literary Magazine in February 1987. She then worked as a front line residential treatment worker in both Winnipeg and Edmonton. in Religious Studies from the Mennonite Brethren Bible College, now Canadian Mennonite University.

in English Literature from the University of Winnipeg and a B.A. After working one year in Holland as an au pair, she spent the next four years earning a B.A. Beth Goobie (born 1959 ) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.īeth Goobie grew up in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Sticks and stones by beth goobie