This is a list of Municipal Poets Laureate in Alberta, Canada.
Poets Laureate of Calgary include Kris Demeanor (2012–2014), Derek Beaulieu (2014–2016), Micheline Maylor (2016–2018), Sheri-D Wilson (2018–2020), Natalie Meisner (2020–2022) and Wakefield Brewster (2022–2024). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Poets Laureate of Banff include Amelie Patternson (2017-2018), Steven Ross Smith (2019-2020), and Derek Beaulieu (2022-2023). [7] [8] [9]
Poets Laureate of Edmonton include Alice Major (2005–2007), E.D. Blodgett (2007–2009), Roland Pemberton (2006–2011), Anna Marie Sewell (2011–2012), Mary Pinkoski (2013–2015), Pierrette Requier (2015–2017), Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali (2017–2019), Nisha Patel (2019–2021) and Titilope Sonuga (2021–2023). [10] [11] [12] [13]
Alberta is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta borders British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. It is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada, with Saskatchewan being the other. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate but experiences quick temperature changes due to air aridity. Seasonal temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional Chinook winds.
George Harry Bowering, is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual Canadian literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. The award was established in 1980 to honour poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.
Banff is a resort town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary, 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise, and 1,400 to 1,630 m above sea level.
Mount Temple is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
The Calgary Metropolitan Region (CMR), also commonly referred to as the Calgary Region, is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Calgary, the largest city in Alberta.
University of Alberta Press is a publishing house and a division of the University of Alberta that engages in academic publishing.
d’bi.young anitafrika is a Jamaican-Canadian feminist dub poet, activist, and singer for the band D’bi and the 333. Their work includes theatrical performances, four published collections of poetry, twelve plays, and seven albums.
Derek Alexander Beaulieu is a Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist.
Sheri-D Wilson, CM D. Litt, is a Canadian poet, performer, educator, speaker, and producer.She is the author of fourteen books, four short films, three plays, and four poetry & music albums.
Edward Dickinson Blodgett was a Canadian poet, literary critic, and translator who won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1996 for his collection Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano (BuschekBooks).
Frontenac House is an independent publishing house located in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, founded in 2000 by Rose and David Scollard. The publishing house focuses on poetry, but has reached into other genres as well, including fiction, photography, Children/YA books, and non-fiction. Since its founding in 2000, the press has published over 120 original titles.
John Barton is a Canadian poet.
Micheline Maylor is a Canadian poet, academic, critic and editor.
Titilope Sonuga, also known as Titi Sonuga, is a Nigerian poet, civil engineer, and actress who spends her time between Lagos, Nigeria and Edmonton, Canada.
Ahmed Ali, better known by the pseudonym Knowmadic, is a Somali-Canadian poet, writer, actor, musician, and youth activist.
This is a list of municipal poets laureate in British Columbia, Canada.
Hannah Green is a Canadian poet from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is also an editor at CV2, a Canadian poetry journal.
