Some of Kate’s Books
Kate’s New Book “Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World”
“Since women started working in the trades in the 1970s, very little has been published about their experiences. In this provocative and important book, Kate Braid tells the story of how she learned the carpentry trade in the face of skepticism and discouragement.
She was one of the first qualified women carpenters in British Columbia, the first woman to join the Vancouver local of the Carpenters’ Union, the first to teach construction full-time at the BC Institute of Technology and one of the first women to run her own construction company. Though she loved the work, it was not an easy career choice but slowly she carved a role for herself, asking first herself, then those who would challenge her, why shouldn’t a woman be a carpenter?
Told with humour, compassion and courage, Journeywoman is the true story of a groundbreaking woman finding success in a male-dominated field.”
November 9: Vancouver Launch of “Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World”
Date: Friday, November 9, 2012
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace, 1825 W. 16th Avenue, Vancouver (at Burrard)
November 10: Pender Island Launch of “Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World”
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Pender Island: Talisman Books at the Driftwood Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road.
November 17: Nanaimo Launch of “Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World”
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Nanaimo Museum, Port of Nanaimo Centre, 100 Museum Way.
Turning Left to the Ladies
Spy
I parachute into man’s country,
hoist my beer in the bar as if native.
Cool, I talk shop, stand as they stand,
not quite sure
of the cocky swing of hips,
lift of the glass in a loud bass,
confidence laughing.
This is the world of the knowing.
It’s only a small slip into a minor key
when I turn left to go to the Ladies.
A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems
Ice Man
The image of me out there – Ice Man –
it’s only image. I don’t want to show
how it all comes from the blood, from inside, you know?
I only tell you this now because I’m drunk on sound.
Tomorrow I will deny it.
Blood? What blood? I am Bach
In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry
Co-edited with Sandy Shreve
This exciting, comprehensive and groundbreaking anthology explores Canadian form poetry from the sixteenth century to the present day. The result is more than 40 forms and 175 poems that will appeal to poets and readers, teachers and students. A section for each form with a brief introduction, outline of how to write it, and examples, including variations, encourages readers to pick up a pen – or just enjoy.
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Inward to the Bones: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Journey with Emily Carr
#44
Emily talks of Freud.
I hate him.
It was this new man, Freud,
who made them see only sex
in my paintings.
But Emily slows me down,
shows me
the flowering of ribs and pelvis I painted today.
Here is your desire, she says.
See how you have wished it upon paper.
It is a woman’s mind, a woman’s hand, a woman’s voice
and you didn’t even know.
See how it shines from the inside, out.
