The Sculptures of Allison Grayhurst (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781983534270)

Allison Grayhurst is a poet. She is a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Three of her poems were nominated for "Best of the Net" in 2015, and one eight-part story-poem was nominated for "Best of the Net" in 2017. She has over 1,125 poems published in more than 450 international journals and anthologies. Her book Somewhere Falling was published by Beach Holme Publishers, a Porcepic Book, in Vancouver in 1995. Since then she has published fifteen other books of poetry and six collections with Edge Unlimited Publishing. Prior to the publication of Somewhere Falling she had a poetry book published, Common Dream, and four chapbooks published by The Plowman. Her poetry chapbook The River is Blind was published by Ottawa publisher above/ground press December 2012. In 2014 her chapbook Surrogate Dharma was published by Kind of a Hurricane Press, Barometric Pressures Author Series. In 2015, her book No Raft - No Ocean was published by Scars Publications. More recently, her book Make the Wind was published in 2016 by Scars Publications. As well, her book Trial and Witness - selected poems, was published in 2016 by Creative Talents Unleashed (CTU Publishing Group). Collaborating with Allison Grayhurst on the lyrics, Vancouver-based singer/songwriter/musician Diane Barbarash has transformed eight of Allison Grayhurst's poems into songs, creating a full album. "River - Songs from the poetry of Allison Grayhurst" released October 2017. Allison Grayhurst first studied sculpture with Elizabeth Fraser Williamson, an award-winning renowned Canadian sculptor and sculpting teacher who passed away in 2000. Grayhurst has been sculpting for 29 years, working with clay and casting in concrete. Allison Grayhurst is a vegan for the animals. She lives in Toronto with her family; www.allisongrayhurst.com