Sue Goyette



Susan (Sue) Goyette (born 4 April 1964 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Goyette grew up in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on Montreal's south shore.

Her first poetry book The True Names of Birds (1998) was nominated for the 1999 Governor General's Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Gerald Lampert Award. Goyette's first novel, Lures (2002), was nominated for the 2003 Thomas Head Raddall Award. She has also written another poetry collection, Undone (2004), and won the 2008 CBC Literary Award in poetry for the poem "Outskirts".

Goyette has been a member of the faculty of The Maritime Writers' Workshop, The Banff Wired Studio, and The Sage Hill Writing Experience.

She presently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Publications

 * The True Names of Birds. London, ON: Brick, 1998. ISBN 0-919626-99-8
 * Lures. Harper Flamingo, 2002. ISBN 0-00-200506-9
 * Undone. London, ON: Brick, 2004. ISBN 1-894078-33-0
 * First Writes (anthology edited with Kelley Aitken and Barbara Scott). Banff Centre, 2005. ISBN 1-894773-16-0