Barb Howard - Selected Publications

Books

Western Taxidermy. NeWest, 2012. (story collection)

The Dewpoint Show. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2010. (YA novel)

Notes for Monday. Recliner, 2009. (novella)

Whipstock. NeWest, 2001. (novel)

Embedded on the Home Front: Where Military and Civilian Lives Converge. Co-editor with Joan Dixon. Heritage House, 2012. (anthology of literary nonfiction)

Short Fiction

"Western Taxidermy." Belletrista. May/June 2012. View Article

"Basic Obedience." The New Quarterly.  121 (Winter 2012): 116-120.

"Breaking the Mould." FreeFall Magazine. XXI:2 (2011): 7-14.

"Eulogy for the Feminist Movement."  Other Voices. 24:1 (Fall 2011): 131-138.

"Still Making Time." Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature. 56 (Fall 2011): 36-41.

"Mrs. Goodfellow’s Dog." Grain. 2008. 35:4 (Spring 2008): 55-62.

"Western Taxidermy." AlbertaViews. November 2007: 45-48. (contest finalist)

"Big Fork Campground." The Dalhousie Review. 87.2 (Summer 2007): 267 - 274.

"Breakfast with Tommy." (excerpt from novel-in-progress) Rags: Southern Alberta's Journal of Creative Writing. VII:1 (2006): 35-39.

"Lost and Found. (Part II)." Freefall. XV1:1 (2006): 32.

"The Magnetic Resonance of Hazel the Hamster." Other Voices. 18.1 (2005): 100-102.

"Lost and Found (Part I)." FreeFall. XV:2 (2005): 20.

"My Brother's Shit-kickers." AlbertaViews. January / February 2003: 62-66. (contest winner)

"Patchwork." Alberta Anthology. CBC Radio Alberta, aired 2001.

An excerpt from "Whipstock." dANDelion. 27.1 (2001): 120-136.

An excerpt from "Whipstock." Room of One's Own. 23:3 (2001): 64-75.

"Stanley's Wish." Yalobusha Review. V (1999): 76-88.

"Janet's Portfolio." Alberta Anthology. CBC Radio Alberta, aired 1999.

"Deliverance." Alberta Anthology. CBC Radio Alberta, aired 1998.

"Buckaroo Drive-thru." Other Voices. 10.2 (1997): 71-80.

"Sex Life of the Honey Bee." Contemporary Verse 2. 20.2 (1997): 31-33.

"The Blue Hooker." Room of One's Own. 20.1 (1997): 3-10.

"Urban Pest." blue buffalo. 14.2 (1996): 17-19.

"Advent." FreeFall. VI.1 (1996): 5-7.

"Fetid Cheese." Write Angles. Special Edition, 26.11 (1995): 194. (contest winner)

"Apiary." Canadian Lawyer. June (1995): 12-14. (contest winner)

"Whiskey Jack Sandwiches." blue buffalo. 11.2 (1993): 14-15.

"Lunch at Numa." FreeFall. III.2 (1993): 5-7.

Anthologies

"The Day the Grandmas Babysat." Howling at the Harvest Moon. Winner of the Prairie Anthology Writing Competition. Camrose: Five Coyote Ink (2005): 22-30.

"Advent." Taking Off the Tinsel. Ed. Gibbs, Levan and Edwards. Edmonton: Rowan (1996): 12-17.

Collaborations

The Simple Grace of Cowboy Yoga. Daphne Bashford with Barb Howard. Calgary: PiscoPress, 2004

Non-Fiction Articles

"The Reservist." Embedded on the Military Home Front: Where Military and Civilian Lives Converge. Victoria: Heritage House, 2012: 81-90.

"The Reservist." Alberta Views Magazine, November 2010: 44-47.

"Get Chillactive: 9 Tips to Get Active Outdoors with your Teenager." Impact Magazine, November/December 2010: 38-40.

"An Apple for the School-basher." Globe and Mail. Facts and Arguments. February 2, 2006.