Katherine Leyton

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Katherine Leyton is a Canadian poet, [1] whose debut collection All the Gold Hurts My Mouth won the ReLit Award for poetry in 2017. [2]

She has also served as poet-in-residence at the Al Purdy writers' retreat in Prince Edward County. [3]

In late March 2021, her three-year-old son Jude went missing in the bush near the family cottage in Westport, Ontario. The boy was found safe three days later. [4]

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