Lynn Davies

1954-

Lynn Davies (poet) was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, in 1954. Davies’ family moved from Moncton to Newcastle, NB—now part of the city of Miramichi—just before she was to start grade three and remained there for five years.  The summer before she was to begin the eighth grade, Davies’ family returned to Moncton where her parents bought and operated an independent bookstore on Main Street. After graduating from Riverview High in 1972, Davies crossed the Atlantic Ocean and travelled abroad for nearly two years. She eventually returned to Canada, writing a weekly travel column for a Moncton-based publication that is now out of print. Davies eventually married in 1978. That same year she attended the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While an honours student at King’s, she received the Honourable Ray Lawson Scholarship (1979), the Silver Medal in English (1980), and the Margaret Pond Memorial Prize (1983). She graduated with a BA in English (Honours) in 1983. From 1983 to 1987, she was afreelance magazine writer. Her articles and essays appeared in Canadian Geographic, Nature Canada, Outdoor Canada, Arts Atlantic, and The Globe and Mail. She moved to Vancouver, BC with her husband and in the mid 1980s, the couple returned to Halifax.  In 1995, her poem “The Flamingo” was the first winner of the Lina Chartrand Award from Contemporary Verse. In 1999, her first book, The Bridge That Carries the Road, was published by Brick Books. In 2002, she established ReadWell Tutoring. Davies published her second collection of poetry, Where Sound Pools, in 2005. She released how the gods pour tea in 2013.  She currently lives in Fredericton, NB.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Moncton, Newcastle

Archival Material

• Lynn Davies fonds
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  Location

  University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections

  Retrieval Number

  Accession 2021.007

  Date Range of Material

  [ca. 1999], ca. 2005], [ca. 2013]

  Extent

  60 cm of textual records (unprocessed)

  Scope and Content Note

  Includes  3 drafts in 10 notebooks for The Bridge that Carries the Road, drafts in 12 notebooks for Where Sound Pools and drafts and files for How the Gods Pour Tea.