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About Us
The Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia was founded in 1994, in Great Village, Nova Scotia, to celebrate the life and work of the poet Elizabeth Bishop. The EBSNS seeks through its various activities to reclaim Elizabeth Bishop as a Nova Scotia writer, thus enriching our literary and cultural heritage.
The Society holds 3 or 4 board meetings during the year, usually in Great Village at the Bishop House. The Annual General Meeting of the Society is held mid June at a larger facility in Great Village.
The EBSNS contributed to the purchase of an extensive family archive, which documents Bishop's Nova Scotia childhood and is housed at Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S.
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2009-2010 Executive and Board includes:
Executive:
Board:
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Brian Bartlett
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Lois Bray
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Angus Chisholm
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Rebecca Colwell
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Meredith Layton
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Alexander MacLeod
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Linda Shears
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Fonda Smyth
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Pat Townsend
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Rosaria Campbell
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Lorrie Gunn
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Joy Laking
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The Elizabeth Bishop Society works closely with the Great Village Historical Society.
Please see the Membership page for information about how you can become a member and support the work of the Society.
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The objects of the Society: (from the Memorandum of Association, April 14, 1994):
a) to promote and support the gathering, compilation, preservation and study of written, printed and photographed documentation and other memorabilia related to the life and works of the poet Elizabeth Bishop in, but not limited to Nova Scotia.
b) to broaden awareness of the historical relationship of Elizabeth Bishop to Great Village, and the acceptance of that relationship as part of our Nova Scotia heritage.
c) to acquire by way of grant, gift, purchase, bequest, devise or otherwise, real and personal property and to use and apply such property to the realization of the objects of the Society.
d) to buy, own, hold, lease, mortgage, sell and convey such real and personal property as may be necessary or desirable in the carrying out of the objects of the society.
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