Tim Bowling (born 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia [1] ) is a Guggenheim winning Canadian novelist and poet. He spent his youth in Ladner, British Columbia, and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta. [2] He has published four novels. He was a judge for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize. [3]
George Elliott Clarke is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016-2017. Clarke's work addresses the experiences and history of the Black Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography coined "Africadia."
Christopher Dewdney is a prize-winning Canadian poet and essayist. His poetry reflects his interest in natural history. His book Acquainted with the Night, an investigation into darkness was nominated for both the Charles Taylor Prize and the Governor General's Award.
Robert Hilles is a Canadian poet and novelist.
Chris Banks is a Canadian poet.
Susan (Sue) Goyette is a Canadian poet and novelist.
Anne Simpson is a Canadian poet, novelist, artist and essayist. She was a recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
Andy Quan is a Canadian author who now lives in Sydney. In his writing, he frequently explores the ways in which sexual identity and cultural identity interact. Quan is openly gay.
John Terpstra is a Canadian poet and carpenter.
Laisha Rosnau is a Canadian novelist and poet.
Alice Major is a Canadian poet, writer, and essayist, who served as poet laureate of Edmonton, Alberta.
Brigit Pegeen Kelly was an American poet and teacher. Born in Palo Alto, California, Kelly grew up in southern Indiana and lived much of her adult life in central Illinois. An intensely private woman, little is known about her life.
Shane Rhodes is a Canadian poet.
Alex Boyd is a Canadian poet, essayist, editor, and critic.
Richard Daley Outram was a Canadian poet. Often regarded as a poet's poet, he wrote eleven commercially published books of poetry in addition to the many collections of his poetry and prose published under the imprint of the Gauntlet Press. In 1999 he won the City of Toronto Book Award for his sequence of poems Benedict Abroad.
Rita Wong is a Canadian poet.
Victoria Chang is an American poet, writer, editor, and critic. She has experimented with different styles of writing, including writing obituaries for parts of her life, including her parents and herself, in OBIT, letters in Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, and a Japanese form known as waka in The Trees Witness Everything. In all of her poems and books, Chang has several common themes: living as an Asian-American woman, depression, and dealing with loss and grief. She has also written three books for children.
Larissa Szporluk is an American poet and professor. Her most recent book is Embryos & Idiots. Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Daedalus, Faultline, Meridian, American Poetry Review, and Black Warrior Review. Her honors include two The Best American Poetry awards, a Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from Guggenheim, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Ohio Arts Council.
John Barton is a Canadian poet.
Monty Reid is a Canadian poet.
Bren Simmers is a Canadian poet and writer. She is the author of four collections of poetry: Night Gears , Hastings-Sunrise , If, When, and The Work . She is also the author of Pivot Point, a lyrical account of a nine-day wilderness canoe trip through the Bowron Lakes canoe circuit in British Columbia.