Kaie Kellough

Kaie Kellough is a poet, sound performer, and fiction writer whose work crosses genres and disciplines. He is concerned with language, migration, inequality, sound, and the intersections of social engagement and form.  

Kaie’s long poem, Magnetic Equator (McClelland & Stewart, 2019) was awarded the 2020 Griffin Poetry prize. His collection of short stories, Dominoes at the Crossroads (Véhicule, 2020), was nominated for multiple national awards, and won the A.M. Klein prize for fiction. His latest long poem, Interposition, was published in 2026 with McClelland & Stewart.

Since 2011, Kaie has collaborated on audio compositions with saxophonist and synthesist Jason Sharp. Their performances have been broadcast by jazz festivals across Europe and Canada. Their first group album, featuring a 9-piece ensemble titled FYEAR, was released in 2024 on Constellation Records. 

Kaie is currently pursuing graduate work at Queen’s University. He studies post-colonial literatures, with a focus on Caribbean and Black British writing.

Kaie continues to craft new passages.