Search Location - Any -Canada Sort by RandomDate addedA -> ZZ -> A Apply Susan Holbrook Susan Holbrook’s poetry books are the Governor General’s Award-nominated Throaty Wipes (Coach House 2016), Trillium-nominated Joy Is So Exhausting… Michael Ondaatje Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje moved to Canada in the 1960s. He is a poet, novelist, editor, literary critic, and playwright. Among his numerous… Jamaal Amir Akbari Jamaal Amir Akbari or JustJamaal ThePoet is an award winning poet, arts educator and performer and served as Ottawa's English Poet Laureate from 2017… Gemma Gorga Gemma Gorga was born in Barcelona in 1968. She has a PhD in Philology from the University of Barcelona, where she is Professor of Medieval and… Rachel McCrum Rachel McCrum is a poet, performer, editor, and curator. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Edinburgh, Scotland between 2010 and 2016,… Valzhyna Mort Valzhyna Mort was born in Minsk, Belarus, part of the former Soviet Union, in 1981. Her widely praised Music for the Dead and Resurrected won the… Ilya Kaminsky Born in Ukraine (formerly the Soviet Union), Ilya Kaminsky lost most of his hearing as a child. In 1992, at age sixteen, his family moved to the… Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa, where she was abducted at the age of 7 and sold into slavery in the United States. She learned to read and… Sir Walter Raleigh The English soldier, spy, and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) was a knight of Queen Elizabeth’s court. After the queen’s death, he was… Tomaž Šalamun Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) was one of Europe’s most prominent poets of his generation and was a leader of the Eastern European avant… Natalka Bilotserkivets Natalka Bilotserkivets has published five volumes of poetry. Her work, known for lyricism and the quiet power of despair, became a hallmark of… Claire Harris Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Claire Harris studied in Ireland and Jamaica before emigrating to Canada. A former teacher of high school… Load More Language English
