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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Orono Weekly Times - 7 Dodds wins Trillium Book Award for poetry by Sue Weigand Jeramy Dodds' debut book of poetry, Crabwise to the Hounds, won the Trillium Book Award for Poetry when the Honourable Aileen Carroll, Ontario Minister of Culture, made the announcement of the winners of the 22nd annual awards in Toronto yesterday. As winner of the poetry award, Dodds receives $10,000, and joins fellow Trillium winners Pasha Malla (English-language book award), Marguerite Andersen (French language book award), and Paul Prud'homme (Children's literature in French-language). As the publisher of Dodds' winning collection, Coach House Books receives $2,000. Speaking from his hotel room in Toronto following the awards presentation, Dodds said the money will help him continue writing. "I'm going to use it to keep working," he said. With his work also shortlisted for the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize, and the League of Canadian Poets' 2009 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, he said these nominations put "a little bit of pressure on a second book." Referring to his first book, he asked rhetorically, "What do you do now to equal it?" But Dodds has already started working on his next project, a translation of the Old Norse collection called The Poetic Edda, some of the poems of which have already been published in literary journals. He said he plans to move to Iceland in the fall, where he will work on a masters degree in Medieval Icelandic Studies, which will aid in his translation of the poems. At a reading held in Kirby earlier this month, Dodds said that the local community and the local landscape helped to shape Crabwise to the Hounds, although "these autobiographical elements" were buried in metaphor. "Using metaphor is the true way to emotion and meaning... so if you're wondering what part of this community is in this work, you have to do a bit of digging, but I assure you it's there," he told the audience. "It was great to see a lot of the old faces from the area," he said yesterday, of his recent return to Orono. "It was nice to see the community being supportive, as they always Jeramy Dodds are, and also to get the support on the other side, of the Griffin nomination, and the Trillium award." Dodd said that with the many renowned poets who have won the Trillium before him, "it kind of backs up" his book, giving it not just more publicity, but also more literary credibility. The Ontario government established this award in 1987 to recognize the literary excellence and diversity of Ontario writers. Today it is considered the province's foremost award for literature. It is also among the most highly regarded national and international literary prizes, with previous winners including such literary giants as Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, and Michael Ondaatje. "The Trillium Book Awards is a treasured literary tradition that celebrates Ontario's authors, the publishing industry that nurtures them, and the substantial contribution they make to our society and economy," said the Minister of Culture, Carroll. Dodds grew up in Orono, and currently lives in Fredericton. His poems have been translated into Finnish, French, Latvian, Swedish, German and Icelandic. In 2007, he held a residency at the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators on the island of Gotland, Sweden. He is the winner of the 2006 Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award, and the 2007 CBC Literary Award in poetry. He has worked as a research archaeologist and coedits for littlefishcartpress. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of New Brunswick. An earlier edition of this paper listed the wrong name for the winner of the Griffin Prize for Poetry. A.F. Moritz won the $50,000 prize, announced earlier this month. photo by Steven Frank The Sadies performed to a sold-out crowd at the Orono Town Hall on Saturday night. Bass player Sean Dean (left), guitarist Travis Good (centre) and drummer Mike Belitsky (right) along with guitarist Dallas Good were joined on stage by Margaret and Bruce Good. Are you in an abusive relationship? Call Bethesda House 905-623-6050 or 1-800-338-3397 (For women with or without children.)