Sheree Fitch

1956-

Sheree Fitch (children’s author, poet, and novelist) was born 3 December 1956 in Ottawa, Ontario. When Fitch was nine months old, her family moved to Miramichi, New Brunswick, where she lived until the age of three. Her family then moved to Moncton, where she lived for ten years before moving to Fredericton. She graduated from Fredericton High School in 1974 and was named valedictorian of her graduating class. In 1987 she graduated with a BA from St. Thomas University. She published Toes in my Nose in 1987 and Sleeping Dragons All Around in 1989, which won the Atlantic Bookseller’s Choice Award in 1990. Fitch completed her Master’s degree from Acadia University in 1994. Between degrees, she published Merry Go-Day! (1991), There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen! (1992), I Am Small (1994), and In This House Are Many Women (1993).  Other books include Mabel Murple (1995), which received the Anne Connor Brimer Award in 1996; and The Gravesavers (2005), winner of CBC’s Young Canada Reads Award. She has written at lest 30 books as of 2023. Fitch taught children’s literature at St. Thomas University and in the Faculty of Education at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Fitch has also produced an autobiographical “how-to” guide, Writing Maniac: How I Grew Up to Be a Writer (And You Can Too!) (2000). Fitch is the honorary spokesperson for the New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy and the honorary spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Read with Me Program. She has received two honorary doctorates (from Acadia University and Saint Mary’s University) for her contribution to Canadian literature. In 1988, she received the President’s Award from the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick for the unpublished poetry that would become In This House. In 2000 she also won the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work in children’s literature. Fitch was awarded the Order of Canada in 2023. She currently lives in River John, Nova Scotia.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton, Moncton

Archival Material

• Sheree Fitch fonds
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  Location

  University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections

  Website/Catalogue Record

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  Retrieval Number

  MG L 46

  Date Range of Material

  1956-2017

  Extent

  14.2 m textual records
  40 cm graphic material ; posters and other
  532 photographs ; b&w and col. ; 28 x 21 cm and smaller
  83 audio cassettes
  8 audio reels
  13 videocassettes
  72 artifacts

  Scope and Content Note

  Fonds consists of manuscripts and correspondence created by Sheree Fitch as part of her writing career; correspondence with friends, family, and other authors; notebooks; documents related to Fitch’s education; documents pertaining to Fitch’s literacy and activism activities; and, correspondence and documents relating to her visits to schools and libraries. Includes audio and video-recordings of Fitch’s CBC programs, readings, and audio-books. Also includes photographs and artifacts.