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photo credit dean tomlinson , 2006 . a.rawlings , a rawlings canadian , american wide slumber for lepidopterists , gibber 08 september 1978 angela rawlings
 angela rawlings
angela rawlings

angela rawlings -lrb- known as a.rawlings -rrb- is a canadian poet , editor , and interdisciplinary artist .
her poetry has been translated into dutch , french , icelandic , korean , and spanish .
in 2001 , rawlings received the bpnichol award for distinction in writing when she graduated from york university .
since then , she has worked with several arts organizations , including the mercury press , the scream literary festival , sumach press , `` word : canada 's magazine for readers + writers '' , and the lexiconjury reading series .
in 2005 , rawlings hosted the poetry documentary series `` heart of a poet '' .
she is also co-editor of `` shift & switch : new canadian poetry '' -lrb- the mercury press , 2005 -rrb- , an anthology featuring over forty emerging poets .
as an arts educator , rawlings has led creative writing workshops for ryerson university , terminus1525.ca , learning through the arts , league of canadian poets , ontario arts council 's artists in education program , the toronto district school board , writers in electronic residence , the toronto public library system , the state library of queensland -lrb- australia -rrb- , menningarverkefnið hlaðan -lrb- vogar , iceland -rrb- , and listaháskólinn Íslands -lrb- reykjavík , iceland -rrb- .
she has co-facilitated workshops with ciara adams , julie lassdone , nilan perera , and jóhann ludwig torfason .
rawlings ' first book , `` wide slumber for lepidopterists '' was published in spring 2006 by coach house books .
in november 2006 , theatre commutiny staged a full-length performance of the book as part of harbourfront centre 's hatch : emerging performance projects series ; rawlings performed in and co-produced the show .
in april 2007 , `` wide slumber for lepidopterists '' received a nomination for the gerald lampert award for best first book of poetry .
the book was also awarded alcuin award for book design , and was listed in `` the globe and mail '' 's top 100 books of 2006 .
in autumn 2008 , belgian composer sebastian bradt created a choral score entitled `` x our rotten beauties '' that uses text from `` wide slumber for lepidopterists . ''
the book is currently being translated from english to french by françois luong .
rawlings has also worked in theatre , music , and dance .
she taught ballroom , latin , and swing dances from 2001-3 .
in 2005 , she co-produced `` on the money '' for toronto 's fringe festival , a play awarded the festival 's patron 's pick .
she has also worked with toronto 's `` theatre gargantua '' , was on the board of directors for bluemouth inc. from 2008 to 2010 , and is the president for susanna hood 's hum dansoundart board of executives .
rawlings has collaborated with improvising musicians and dancers such as joe sorbara and jonathon wilcke ; sound poets such as jaap blonk and paul dutton ; and the logos foundation 's invisible and robotic instruments .
she is a member of christine duncan 's element choir and nýlókórinn .
rawlings has been involved in several interdisciplinary collaborations .
in 2010 , rawlings lent voice to bluemouth inc. 's new york city production of `` the sea museum '' .
in 2010 and 2011 , bluemouth inc. joined rawlings to present an original work called `` the centre for sleep and dream studies '' for the scream literary festival and rhubarb theatre festival at buddies in bad times , both in toronto .
since 2009 , rawlings has developed `` drift '' with nilan perera and julie lassonde , which was performed in toronto and calgary .
she is currently developing `` mekaniq du papier '' with artists in france , as well as the libretto for an opera .
she has a long-standing creative partnership with maja jantar , and they are actively developing several pieces for performance and exhibition .
in 2008 , rawlings received the prestigious chalmers arts fellowship ; this enabled her to spend 2009 and 2010 living and working in belgium , canada , and iceland .
in 2011 , rawlings was the artistic director of the international poetry festival in reykjavík .
in 2012 , rawlings was selected to hold the position of queensland poet-in-residence ; during her tenure , she spent three months travelling throughout queensland , australia to give performances , run workshops , offer manuscript consultations , and develop the transdisciplinary digital project `` gibber . ''
she is currently developing several literary projects , including `` ljóðapoems '' , `` echolology '' , `` rule of three '' , '' Órói '' , `` fukl '' , and `` sibylaria '' .
rawlings is also pursuing a masters in environmental ethics and natural resource management at the university of iceland and she is an apprentice of vocal instructor fides krucker .
