Matthew Walsh (writer)

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Matthew Walsh is a Canadian poet, originally from Nova Scotia and currently based in Toronto, Ontario. [1]

Their debut book, these are not the potatoes of my youth, was published in 2019, [2] and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award [3] and the Trillium Book Award for English Poetry [4] in 2020.

They followed up in 2024 with Terrarium, [5] which was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for English Poetry in 2025. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Matthew Walsh". CBC Books, June 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ben Rawluk, "I Is for Interloper: A Review of Matthew Walsh’s These are not the potatoes of my youth". Plenitude , January 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Yohannes, Samraweet (April 21, 2020). "Doyali Islam, Thomas King and Billy-Ray Belcourt shortlisted for 2020 League of Canadian Poets Awards". CBC News . Archived from the original on May 26, 2022.
  4. ↑ Erin Balser, "Téa Mutonji wins $20K Trillium Book Award, which recognizes best book in Ontario" Archived June 18, 2022, at the Wayback Machine . CBC Books, June 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kirby Reviews Terrarium by Matthew Walsh". The Fiddlehead , October 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Canisia Lubrin, Maurice Vellekoop among writers shortlisted for 2025 Trillium Book Awards". Quill & Quire , May 6, 2025.
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