Publications:

And the Silence, Stones (93)/ Wearing the Yellow Jacket (94)/ Her (95)
[ Wet Sickle Press, Burnaby, BC]

Chasing Halley's Comet (96) - anthology - [Laughing Willow Books, Vancouver]

Somatic: The Life and Work of Egon Schiele (98) - [Exile Editions, Toronto]

Black Milk (99) - [Get to the Point Publishing, Vancouver]

Starvation Landscape (01) - [Chameleon Fire Editions, Nelson, BC]

The Wrecks of Eden (01) - [Wolsak and Wynn, Toronto]

A Practice of Spirit (02) - anthology - [St. Thomas Poetry Series, NB]

Cusp (01) - CD - [Krisananda Mitchell Productions, Vancouver]

Caneide (with Joe Rosenblatt) (05) [Schena Editore, Italy]

Companions & Horizons: SFU Anthology (05) [West Coast Line Books, Bby]

Shall: ghazals (06) – [Wolsak and Wynn, 06, Toronto]

Cusp/detritus (06) – [Anvil Press, 06, Vancouver]

Inviting the Incubus/Kissing the Succubi (06) – [LCP anthology/chapbook, Toronto]

The Inhumanist (02) - EP - [Godlesswrath Productions, Vancouver]

Exeunt Armageddon (05) - CD - [Godlesswrath Productions, Vancouver]

Apocalypse (06) - EP - [Godlesswrath Productions, Edmonton]

Periodicals:

Tickle Ace
Our Family
The Antigonish Review
Minus Tides
Writer's Publishing
Prism
Zygote
Newest Review
Undertow
Quarter Moon Quarterly
Journal of Canadian Poetry
CV 2
Canadian Literature
The Fiddlehead
Wascana Review
Prairie Journal
Whetstone
Descant
The Canadian Forum
Queen's Quarterly
ARC
WestWord
The New Orphic Review
Gaspereau Press
Pottersfield Portfolio
The Nashwaak Review
Dandelion
Quills
Poetry Salzburg (Germany)
Southern Ocean Review (NZ)
Paper Tiger (Aus)

Awards:

Burnaby Writer's Society (91)

Hope Writer's Guild (92)

Festival of the Arts (95)

Gerald Lampert Award (Nomination) (99)

LPG Top Five chapbooks (00)

Canada Council Grant [emerging] (01)

Dorothy Livesay Award (Nomination) (02)

Poetry in Transit (04)

Canada Council Grant [mid-career] (05)

Ventures:

Formed Wet Sickle Press in 1993
Published Lives of the Year (94)/Standing in the Corner (95) by Chad Norman
and Stemwinder (96) by Gloria Barkley.

Toured with The Stray Dog Poetry Project (93-95)
doing readings at art galleries, libraries and cafes in Vancouver, Victoria
the Gulf Islands and Washington.

Performed solo readings on CITR radio, CO-OP radio, university women's clubs,
bookstores, writer's festivals and high schools.

Facilitated poetry workshops for Surrey Continuing Education (8 weeks) in 1995,
Douglas College (96-98), and high schools such as Foundation Alternative,
Sands Jr, Cariboo Hill, Alpha Secondary and St. Patrick's (95-02).

Organized reading series which brought in local and national writers & performers:
RCPC Presents at the Corner Pocket Café (94-96) and Myles of Beans (96-98), The
Front Room Series (99-00), the KNOW Canada series (99), the Corazon Cabaret
Series (00), the Stone Room Series (01) and the Studio Series (01).
Presently running the Placebo Series (03-04)

Has worked as a marker for Creative Writing/English courses at Douglas College
and as a teaching assistant/tutor marker for English courses at SFU.She was also the
poetry editor of Douglas College's The Other Press. Presently
works as a research assistant (allophone literature) on The History of the Book
In Canada and has a home business - CROW tutoring and editing services.

Has one collection of poetry completed: FYRE as well as a young adult book A
Collision of Seasons., and two books of poems in progress: Seeing Lessons and
Frenzy. Has also collaborated on the multi-media show: Circe & Cougars and the
blackmetal band INHUMAN. Her essays will also appear in 07 in Mothering and the Muse
and a Feminist Erotics Anthology from the League of Canadian Poets.

What reviewers have said:

Catherine's poems have a "raw emotional quality"
-The Peak

"Sensitive splashes of colour and sudden sexual twists of line"
-Quill & Quire

"Obsessively bawdy"
-The National Post

"A well executed collection...these poems are like being
smothered in someone's cleavage"
-Broken Pencil

"Poems of deep and original accomplishment...[Owen] proves
herself to be observant and attentive to the music of the world"
-Theresa Kishkan

"Reveal[s] a flair for the vivid, telling image, and a clear
sense of the poetic line...a generous testament"
-Tim Bowling

Personal Background

Certificate in Liberal Arts - 1998
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature - 1999
Masters of Arts - 2001

Member of the League of Canadian Poets

Volunteer experience in reading to seniors and elementary students
Performs with and writes songs for musicians.