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Covering Rough Ground
Poems about Kates early experience in construction. Winner of the Pat Lowther Award for Best Book of Poetry by a Canadian Woman.
Turning Left to the Ladies
In 1977 Kate Braid got her first job in construction as a labourer on a small island off the coast of British Columbia. Never in her wildest dreams did she plan to be a construction worker, much less a carpenter, but she was desperate to stay on the island and had run out of money, along with all the options a woman usually has for work -- secretary, waitress, receptionist. Turning Left to the Ladies is an autobiographical account of the fifteen years she worked as a labourer, apprentice and journey carpenter, building houses, high rises and bridges. She was the first female member of the Vancouver union local of the Carpenters and the first full-time woman teaching trades at the BC Institute of Technology. It is a wry, sometimes humorous, sometimes meditative look at one woman's relationship to her craft, and the people she met along the way.
A Well-mannered Storm
A striking and masterful volume of poems that offers insight into Glenn Gould's brilliance.
Journeywoman
"Kate Braid's memoir of her years as a construction carpenter..."--P. [4] of cover.
Rough Ground Revisited
Rough Ground Revisited includes some poems previously included in Covering Rough Ground, published in 1991, as well as some new poems.
Elemental
Usually, we take for granted or plain ignore the Earth we walk on, the Sky above, the Water we drink and bathe in or that falls as rain, the Fire we assume for heat, and the Wood that makes up our landscape and building materials. But over fifteen years as a construction carpenter, Kate Braid began to pay more attention to the materials she worked with and depended upon. Out of these she has crafted an intimate picture of what it is like to be wholly engaged with the elemental materials of earth, sky, water, fire and wood that we depend upon every day. Elemental is a poignant, intelligent collection that asks us to look more closely at ourselves and the details that construct our rich and delicate world.
Journeywoman
"Kate Braid's memoir of her years as a construction carpenter ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Emily Carr
As a child she was "contrary,"as a young woman she defied convention to choose art over marriage, and as a middle-aged woman she was considered a full-blown eccentric. Listening to her own inner voice, Emily Carr created an art unique to British Columbia.
Hammer and Nail
In 1977, Kate Braid began work in construction, one of the first women to stumble (literally) into the profession. Since then, Feminism, the MeToo movement, pay equity legislation and other efforts have led to more women in a wider variety of careers. Yet, the number of women in blue collar trades has barely shifted--from three percent to a mere four. In her memoir, Journeywoman, published in 2012, Braid told her personal story of working almost exclusively with men as a labourer, apprentice and red seal journey carpenter, then as a building contractor. In Hammer & Nail: Reflections of a Journeywoman, Braid returns to the trades with courage, compassion, and humour, recalling the intensity o...
Inspiring Women
"The history of women in Canada is one of starting out struggling to feed and clothe their families and ending up writing the great Canadian novel. Inspiring Women charts women's course from subsistence to cultural production.
