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style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Novelist</li> <li>poet</li> <li>historian</li> <li>biographer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://georgebowering.com">georgebowering<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Harry Bowering</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">OC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_Columbia" title="Order of British Columbia">OBC</a></span></span> (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Parliamentary_Poet_Laureate" title="Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate">Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bowering was born in <a href="/wiki/Penticton" title="Penticton">Penticton</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, and raised in the nearby town of <a href="/wiki/Oliver,_British_Columbia" title="Oliver, British Columbia">Oliver</a>, where his father was a high-school chemistry teacher. </p><p>Bowering lives in <a href="/wiki/Vancouver,_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vancouver, British Columbia">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, and is Professor Emeritus at <a href="/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University" title="Simon Fraser University">Simon Fraser University</a>, where he worked for 30 years. Never having written as an adherent of organized religion, he in the past wryly described himself as a <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> <a href="/wiki/Agnostic" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnostic">agnostic</a>. In 2002, Bowering was appointed the first ever <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Parliamentary_Poet_Laureate" title="Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate">Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate</a>. That same year, he was made an Officer of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order o</a><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Parliamentary_Poet_Laureate" title="Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate">he has authored several dozen of books.</a><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">f Canada</a>. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_Columbia" title="Order of British Columbia">Order of British Columbia</a> in 2004. </p><p>When the Indian Hungryalist, also known as <a href="/wiki/Hungry_generation" title="Hungry generation">Hungry generation</a>, poet <a href="/wiki/Malay_Roy_Choudhury" title="Malay Roy Choudhury">Malay Roy Choudhury</a>, was arrested at Kolkata, India, Bowering brought out a special issue of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Imago_(literary_journal)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Imago (literary journal) (page does not exist)">Imago</a> for helping the Indian poet in his trial. </p><p>Bowering was one of the judges for the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Griffin_Poetry_Prize" title="Griffin Poetry Prize">Griffin Poetry Prize</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1967: <i>Mirror on the Floor</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart; Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2014</li> <li>1973: <i>Fiddler's Night</i>, Vancouver: Dos Equis</li> <li>1977: <i>A Short Sad Book</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks; Vancouver: New Star Books, 2017</li> <li>1980: <i>Burning Water</i>, Toronto: Musson Book Company; Vancouver: New Star Books, 2007 <ul><li>French edition: <i>En eaux troubles</i>, translated by L.-Philippe Hébert, Montreal: Quinze, 1982</li></ul></li> <li>1988: <i>Caprice</i>, Toronto/New York: Penguin; Vancouver: New Star Books, 2010</li> <li>1990: <i>Harry's Fragments</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>1994: <i>Shoot!</i>, Toronto: Key Porter Books; Vancouver: New Star Books, 2008</li> <li>1998: <i>Piccolo Mondo</i> (with Angela Bowering, Michael Matthews & <a href="/wiki/David_Bromige" title="David Bromige">David Bromige</a>), Toronto: Couch House Books</li> <li>2012: <i>Pinboy</i>, Toronto: Cormorant Books</li> <li>2015: <i>Writing the Okanagan</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>2018: <i>No One</i>, Toronto: ECW Press</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_fiction">Short fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Short fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1974: <i>Flycatcher and Other Stories</i>, Ottawa: Oberon Press</li> <li>1977: <i>Concentric Circles</i>, Windsor: Black Moss Press</li> <li>1978: <i>Protective Footwear</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart</li> <li>1983: <i>A Place to Die</i>, Ottawa: Oberon Press</li> <li>1994: <i>The Rain Barrel</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>2004: <i>Standing on Richards</i>, Toronto: Viking</li> <li>2009: <i>The Box</i>, Vancouver: <a href="/wiki/New_Star_Books" title="New Star Books">New Star Books</a></li> <li>2015: <i>Ten Women</i>, Vancouver: Anvil Press</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Young_adult_fiction">Young adult fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Young adult fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1994: <i>Parents from Space</i>, Montreal: Roussan</li> <li>1998: <i>Diamondback Dog</i>, Montreal: Roussan</li> <li>2015: <i>Attack of the Toga Gang</i>, Toronto: Dancing Cat Books</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Book-length_poems">Book-length poems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Book-length poems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1967: <i>Baseball</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>1970: <i>George,Vancouver</i>, Kitchener, Weed/Flower</li> <li>1971: <i>Geneve</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>1972: <i>Autobiology</i>, Vancouver: New Star Books, 1972; Vancouver, Pooka Press, 2006</li> <li>1972: <i>Curious</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>1974: <i>At War With the U.S.</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>1976: <i>Allophanes</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>1982: <i>Ear Reach</i>, Vancouver: Alcuin</li> <li>1984: <i>Kerrisdale Elegies</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books; Vancouver, Pooka Press, 2008; Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2008 <ul><li>Italian edition: <i>Elegie di Kerrisdale</i>, translated by Annalisa Goldoni, Rome: Edizioni Empiria, 1996</li></ul></li> <li>2000: <i>His Life: a poem</i>, Toronto: ECW Press</li> <li>2010: <i>My Darling Nellie Grey</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>2019: <i>Taking Measures</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collections_of_poems_(including_gathered_long_poems)"><span id="Collections_of_poems_.28including_gathered_long_poems.29"></span>Collections of poems (including gathered long poems)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Collections of poems (including gathered long poems)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1963: <i>Sticks & Stones</i>, Vancouver: Tishbooks; Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1989</li> <li>1964: <i>Points on the Grid</i>, Toronto: Contact Press</li> <li>1965: <i>The Man in Yellow Boots/ El hombre de las botas amarillas</i>, Mexico: Ediciones El Corno</li> <li>1966: <i>The Silver Wire</i>, Kingston, Quarry Press</li> <li>1969: <i>Rocky Mountain Foot</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart</li> <li>1969: <i>The Gangs of Kosmos</i>, Toronto: House of Anansi Press</li> <li>1971: <i>Touch: selected poems 1960-1969</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart</li> <li>1974: <i>In the Flesh</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart</li> <li>1976: <i>The Catch</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart</li> <li>1976: <i>Poem & Other Baseballs</i>, Windsor: Black Moss Press</li> <li>1977: <i>The Concrete Island</i>, Montreal: Véhicule Press</li> <li>1979: <i>Another Mouth</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart</li> <li>1981: <i>Particular Accidents: selected poems</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>1982: <i>West Window: selected poetry</i>, Toronto: General</li> <li>1982: <i>Smoking Mirror</i>, Edmonton: Longspoon</li> <li>1985: <i>Seventy-One Poems for People</i>, Red Deer: RDC Press</li> <li>1986: <i>Delayed Mercy & other poems</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>1992: <i>Urban Snow</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>1993: <i>George Bowering Selected: Poems 1961-1992</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart</li> <li>1997: <i>Blonds on Bikes</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>2004: <i>Changing on the Fly</i>, Vancouver, Polestar Press</li> <li>2006: <i>Vermeer's Light: Poems 1996-2006</i>, Vancouver, Talonbooks</li> <li>2013: <i>Teeth: Poems 2006-2011</i>, Toronto: Mansfield Press</li> <li>2015: <i>The World, I Guess</i>, Vancouver: New Star Books</li> <li>2018: <i>Some End</i>, Vancouver: New Star Books</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism">Criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1970: <i>Al Purdy</i>, Toronto: Copp Clark</li> <li>1971: <i>Robert Duncan: an Interview</i>, Toronto: Coach House/Beaver Kosmos</li> <li>1979: <i>Three Vancouver Writers</i>, Toronto: Open Letter/Coach House</li> <li>1982: <i>A Way With Words</i>, Ottawa: Oberon Press</li> <li>1983: <i>The Mask in Place</i>, Winnipeg: Turnstone Press</li> <li>1985: <i>Craft Slices</i>, Ottawa: Oberon Press</li> <li>1988: <i>Errata</i>, Red Deer: RDC Press</li> <li>1988: <i>Imaginary Hand</i>, Edmonton: <a href="/wiki/NeWest_Press" title="NeWest Press">NeWest Press</a></li> <li>2005: <i>Left Hook</i>, Vancouver: Raincoast Books</li> <li>2010: <i>Horizontal Surfaces</i>, Toronto: BookThug</li> <li>2012: <i>Words, Words, Words</i>, Vancouver: New Star Books</li> <li>2019: <i>Writing and Reading</i>, Vancouver: New Star Books</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapbooks">Chapbooks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chapbooks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1967: <i>How I Hear Howl</i>, Montreal: Beaver Kosmos</li> <li>1969: <i>Two Police Poems</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>1972: <i>The Sensible</i>, Toronto: Massasauga</li> <li>1973: <i>Layers 1-13</i>, Kitchener: Weed/Flower</li> <li>1977: <i>In Answer</i>, Vancouver: William Hoffer</li> <li>1980: <i>Uncle Louis</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>1985: <i>Spencer & Groulx</i>, Vancouver: William Hoffer</li> <li>1991: <i>Quarters</i>, Prince George: Gorse Press (Winner, bp Nichol chapbook award 1991)</li> <li>1992: <i>Do Sink</i>, Vancouver: Pomflit (Winner, bp Nichol chapbook award, 1992).</li> <li>1992: <i>Sweetly</i>, Vancouver: Wuz</li> <li>1997: <i>Blondes on Bikes</i>, Ottawa: Above Ground</li> <li>1998: <i>A, You're Adorable</i>, Ottawa: Above Ground</li> <li>2000: <i>6 Little Poems in Alphabetical Order</i>, Calgary: House Press</li> <li>2001: <i>Some Writers</i>, Calgary: House Press</li> <li>2002: <i>Joining the Lost Generation</i>, Calgary: House Press</li> <li>2004: <i>Lost in the Library</i>, Ellsworth, ME: Backwoods Broadsides</li> <li>2005: <i>Rewriting my Grandfather</i>, Vancouver: Nomados</li> <li>2006: <i>Crows in the Wind</i>, Toronto: BookThug</li> <li>2006: <i>A Knot of Light</i>, Calgary: No Press</li> <li>2007: <i>Montenegro 1966</i>, Calgary: No Press</li> <li>2007: <i>U.S. Sonnets</i>, Vancouver: Pooka Press</li> <li>2007: <i>Eggs in There</i>, Edmonton: Rubicon</li> <li>2007: <i>Some Answers</i>, Mt. Pleasant, ON: LaurelReed Books</li> <li>2007: <i>Horizontal Surfaces</i>, Edmonton: Olive Collective</li> <li>2007: <i>Tocking Heads</i>, Edmonton: above/ground</li> <li>2008: <i>There Then</i>, Prince George: Gorse Press</li> <li>2008: <i>Animals, Beasts, Critters</i>, Vancouver: JB Objects</li> <li>2008: <i>Valley</i>, Calgary: No Press</li> <li>2008: <i>Fulgencio</i>, Vancouver: Nomados</li> <li>2008: <i>According to Brueghel</i>, North Vancouver: Capilano</li> <li>2008: <i>Shall I Compare</i>, Penticton: Beaver Kosmos</li> <li>2009: <i>A Little Black Strap</i>, St. Paul: Unarmed</li> <li>2013: <i>Los Pájaros de Tenacatita</i>, Ootischenia: Nose-in-Book</li> <li>2016: <i>Sitting in Jalisco</i>, Ootischenia: Nose-in-Book</li> <li>2016: <i>That Toddlin Town</i>, Ottawa: above/ground books</li> <li>2019: <i>David in Byzantium</i>, Cobourg: Proper Tales Press</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memoirs">Memoirs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Memoirs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1993: <i>The Moustache: Memories of Greg Curnoe</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>2001: <i>A Magpie Life</i>, Toronto: Key Porter</li> <li>2002: <i>Cars</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books</li> <li>2006: <i>Baseball Love</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks</li> <li>2011: <i>How I Wrote Certain of my Books</i>, Toronto: Mansfield Press</li> <li>2016: <i>The Hockey Scribbler</i>, Toronto: ECW Press</li> <li>2016: <i>The Dad Dialogues</i> (with Charles Demers), Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1996: <i>Bowering's B.C.</i>, Toronto: Viking</li> <li>1999: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBowering1999" class="citation book cs1">Bowering, George (1999). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/egotistsautocrat0000bowe"><i>Egotists and Autocrats: The Prime Ministers of Canada</i></a></span>. Toronto, New York City: <a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">Viking</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-670-88081-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-670-88081-2"><bdi>978-0-670-88081-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/45066615">45066615</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Egotists+and+Autocrats%3A+The+Prime+Ministers+of+Canada&rft.place=Toronto%2C+New+York+City&rft.pub=Viking&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F45066615&rft.isbn=978-0-670-88081-2&rft.aulast=Bowering&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fegotistsautocrat0000bowe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Bowering" class="Z3988"></span> Also published in 2000 by <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Group" title="Penguin Group">Penguin</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-027550-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-027550-6">978-0-14-027550-6</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44545832">44545832</a>.</li> <li>2003: <i>Stone Country</i>, Toronto: Viking</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plays">Plays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Plays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1962: "The Home for Heroes", Vancouver: Prism</li> <li>1966: "What Does Eddie Williams Want?", Montreal: CBC-TV</li> <li>1972: "George Vancouver", Vancouver: CBC radio network</li> <li>1973: "Sitting in Mexico", Vancouver: CBC radio network</li> <li>1986: "Music in the Park", Vancouver: CBC radio network</li> <li>1989: "The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissett's Mice", Vancouver: CBC radio network</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editions">Editions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The 1962 Poems of R.S. Lane</i>, Toronto: Ganglia Press, 1965</li> <li><i>Vibrations: poems of youth</i>, Toronto, Gage, 1970</li> <li><i>The Story so Far</i>, Toronto, Coach House, 1972</li> <li><i>The City in her Eyes</i> by David Cull, Vancouver: Vancouver Community Press, 1972</li> <li><i>Imago Twenty</i>, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1974</li> <li><i>Cityflowers</i> by <a href="/wiki/Artie_Gold" title="Artie Gold">Artie Gold</a>, Montreal: Delta Canada, 1974</li> <li><i>Letters from Geeksville: letters from Red Lane 1960-64</i>, Prince George: Caledonia Writing Series, 1976</li> <li><i>Great Canadian Sports Stories</i>, Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1979</li> <li><i>Fiction of Contemporary Canada</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books, 1980</li> <li><i>Loki is Buried at Smoky Creek: selected poems of Fred Wah</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1981</li> <li><i>My Body was Eaten by Dogs: selected poems of David McFadden</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, New York: CrossCountry, 1981</li> <li>"1945-1980," in <i>Introduction to Poetry: British, American, Canadian</i>, David and Lecker, Toronto: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981</li> <li><i>The Contemporary Canadian Poem Anthology</i>, Toronto: Coach House Books, 1983</li> <li><i>Sheila Watson and The Double Hook: the artist and her critics</i>, Ottawa: Golden Dog Press, 1984</li> <li><i>Taking the Field:the best of baseball fiction</i>, Red Deer: RDC Press, 1990</li> <li><i>Likely Stories: a postmodern sampler</i> (with Linda Hutcheon), Toronto: Coach House Books, 1992</li> <li><i>An H in the Heart: Selected works of bpNichol</i> (with Michael Ondaatje), Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994</li> <li><i>And Other Stories</i>, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2001</li> <li><i>The 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology</i>, Toronto: House of Anansi, 2008</li> <li><i>The Heart Does Break</i> (with Jean Baird), Toronto: Random House, 2009</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editor">Editor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Editor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Tish</i>, Vancouver, 1961–63</li> <li><i>Imago</i>, Calgary, London, Montreal, Vancouver, 1964-1974</li> <li><i>Beaver Kosmos Folios</i>, Calgary, London, Montreal, Vancouver, 1966–75.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="About">About</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: About"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>A Record of Writing: an annotated and Illustrated Bibliography of George Bowering</i> by Roy Miki, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1989</li> <li><i>Essays on Canadian Writing, George Bowering issue</i> ed. Ken Norris, 1989</li> <li><i>George Bowering: Bright Circles of Colour</i> by Eva-Marie Kroller, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1992</li> <li><i>George Bowering and His Works</i> by John Harris, Toronto: ECW Press, 1992</li> <li><i>71 (+) for GB</i> ed. Jean Baird, David McFadden and George Stanley, Vancouver/Toronto: (printed at) Coach House Books, 2005</li> <li><i>He Speaks Volumes: A Biography of George Bowering</i> by Rebecca Wigod, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2018</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Bowering&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://georgebowering.com/">Author's website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/Poet/index.asp?language=E&param=3&id=4">George Bowering at the Parliament of Canada website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121018133721/http://www.parl.gc.ca/about/parliament/poet/index.asp?language=e&param=3&id=4">Archived</a> 2012-10-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/george-bowering/">George Bowering's</a> entry in <a href="/wiki/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia" title="The Canadian Encyclopedia">The Canadian Encyclopedia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2005-shortlist/george-bowering/">Griffin Poetry Prize biography</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/see-and-hear-poetry/a-g/george-bowering/">Griffin Poetry Prize reading, including video clip</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12821079"><i>The Holy Life of the Intellect</i></a> link provides transcription & audio for an essay Bowering first read on <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a> (NPR) "Weekend Edition" on August 19, 2007</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/bowering/index.htm">Canadian Poetry Online: George Bowering</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514035102/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/bowering/index.htm">Archived</a> 2011-05-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> - Biography and 6 poems (Van. Can., Hillside Sun, Musing on Some Poets, Wolf Between the Trees, There is, How Odd Men Are Really)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/in-other-words/george-bowering-bullshit-artist-a-poetics-of-attention/article1675695/singlepage/#articlecontent">Judith Fitzgerald and George Bowering in an Excellent Conversation on Poetry & Poetics</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110209092412/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/in-other-words/george-bowering-bullshit-artist-a-poetics-of-attention/article1675695/singlepage/#articlecontent">Archived</a> 2011-02-09 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li>Archives of George Bowering <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3671496&lang=eng">(George Bowering fonds, R11712)</a> are held at <a 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title="Think of the Earth">Think of the Earth</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Salverson" title="Laura Salverson">Laura Salverson</a>, <i>The Dark Weaver</i> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwethalyn_Graham" title="Gwethalyn Graham">Gwethalyn Graham</a>, <i>Swiss Sonata</i> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._McDowell" title="Franklin D. McDowell">Franklin D. McDowell</a>, <i>The Champlain Road</i> (1939)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ringuet" class="mw-redirect" title="Ringuet">Ringuet</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Thirty_Acres" title="Thirty Acres">Thirty Acres</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Sullivan" title="Alan Sullivan">Alan Sullivan</a>, <i>Three Came to Ville Marie</i> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Herbert_Sallans" title="G. Herbert Sallans">G. Herbert Sallans</a>, <i>Little Man</i> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Head_Raddall" title="Thomas Head Raddall">Thomas Head Raddall</a>, <i>The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek</i> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwethalyn_Graham" title="Gwethalyn Graham">Gwethalyn Graham</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Earth_and_High_Heaven" title="Earth and High Heaven">Earth and High Heaven</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_MacLennan" title="Hugh MacLennan">Hugh MacLennan</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Solitudes_(novel)" title="Two Solitudes (novel)">Two Solitudes</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winifred_Bambrick" title="Winifred Bambrick">Winifred Bambrick</a>, <i>Continental Revue</i> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Roy" title="Gabrielle Roy">Gabrielle Roy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tin_Flute" title="The Tin Flute">The Tin Flute</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_MacLennan" title="Hugh MacLennan">Hugh MacLennan</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Precipice_(MacLennan_novel)" title="The Precipice (MacLennan novel)">The Precipice</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Child" title="Philip Child">Philip Child</a>, <i>Mr. Ames Against Time</i> (1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germaine_Gu%C3%A8vremont" title="Germaine Guèvremont">Germaine Guèvremont</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Outlander_(Canadian_novel)" title="The Outlander (Canadian novel)">The Outlander</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morley_Callaghan" title="Morley Callaghan">Morley Callaghan</a>, <i>The Loved and the Lost</i> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walker_(author)" title="David Walker (author)">David Walker</a>, <i>The Pillar</i> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walker_(author)" title="David Walker (author)">David Walker</a>, <i>Digby</i> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Gouzenko" title="Igor Gouzenko">Igor Gouzenko</a>, <i>The Fall of a Titan</i> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Shapiro" title="Lionel Shapiro">Lionel Shapiro</a>, <i>The Sixth of June</i> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adele_Wiseman" title="Adele Wiseman">Adele Wiseman</a>, <i>The Sacrifice</i> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Roy" title="Gabrielle Roy">Gabrielle Roy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Street_of_Riches" title="Street of Riches">Street of Riches</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_McDougall" title="Colin McDougall">Colin McDougall</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Execution_(novel)" title="Execution (novel)">Execution</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_MacLennan" title="Hugh MacLennan">Hugh MacLennan</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Watch_That_Ends_the_Night" title="The Watch That Ends the Night">The Watch That Ends the Night</a></i> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_(novelist)" title="Brian Moore (novelist)">Brian Moore</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Luck_of_Ginger_Coffey_(novel)" title="The Luck of Ginger Coffey (novel)">The Luck of Ginger Coffey</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Lowry" title="Malcolm Lowry">Malcolm Lowry</a>, <i>Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place</i> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildare_Dobbs" title="Kildare Dobbs">Kildare Dobbs</a>, <i>Running to Paradise</i> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Garner" title="Hugh Garner">Hugh Garner</a>, <i>Hugh Garner's Best Stories</i> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_LePan" title="Douglas LePan">Douglas LePan</a>, <i>The Deserter</i> (1964)</li> <li>[no award] (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Laurence" title="Margaret Laurence">Margaret Laurence</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Jest_of_God" title="A Jest of God">A Jest of God</a></i> (1966)</li> <li>[no award] (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Munro" title="Alice Munro">Alice Munro</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dance_of_the_Happy_Shades" title="Dance of the Happy Shades">Dance of the Happy Shades</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kroetsch" title="Robert Kroetsch">Robert Kroetsch</a>, <i>The Studhorse Man</i> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Godfrey" title="Dave Godfrey">Dave Godfrey</a>, <i>The New Ancestors</i> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Richler" title="Mordecai Richler">Mordecai Richler</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/St._Urbain%27s_Horseman" title="St. Urbain's Horseman">St. Urbain's Horseman</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_Davies" title="Robertson Davies">Robertson Davies</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Manticore" title="The Manticore">The Manticore</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Wiebe" title="Rudy Wiebe">Rudy Wiebe</a>, <i>The Temptations of Big Bear</i> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Laurence" title="Margaret Laurence">Margaret Laurence</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diviners" title="The Diviners">The Diviners</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_(novelist)" title="Brian Moore (novelist)">Brian Moore</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Victorian_Collection" title="The Great Victorian Collection">The Great Victorian Collection</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Engel" title="Marian Engel">Marian Engel</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bear_(novel)" title="Bear (novel)">Bear</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Findley" title="Timothy Findley">Timothy Findley</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wars" title="The Wars">The Wars</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Munro" title="Alice Munro">Alice Munro</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(book)" title="Who Do You Think You Are? (book)">Who Do You Think You Are?</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Hodgins" title="Jack Hodgins">Jack Hodgins</a>, <i>The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne</i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Bowering</a>, <i>Burning Water</i> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavis_Gallant" title="Mavis Gallant">Mavis Gallant</a>, <i>Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories</i> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe" title="Guy Vanderhaeghe">Guy Vanderhaeghe</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Man_Descending" title="Man Descending">Man Descending</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Rooke" title="Leon Rooke">Leon Rooke</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Dog" title="Shakespeare's Dog">Shakespeare's Dog</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_%C5%A0kvoreck%C3%BD" title="Josef Škvorecký">Josef Škvorecký</a>, <i>The Engineer of Human Souls</i> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Atwood" title="Margaret Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale" title="The Handmaid's Tale">The Handmaid's Tale</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Munro" title="Alice Munro">Alice Munro</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Progress_of_Love" title="The Progress of Love">The Progress of Love</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Kelly" title="M. T. Kelly">M. T. Kelly</a>, <i>A Dream Like Mine</i> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Adams_Richards" title="David Adams Richards">David Adams Richards</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nights_Below_Station_Street" title="Nights Below Station Street">Nights Below Station Street</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Quarrington" title="Paul Quarrington">Paul Quarrington</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Whale_Music_(novel)" title="Whale Music (novel)">Whale Music</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nino_Ricci" title="Nino Ricci">Nino Ricci</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lives_of_the_Saints_(Ricci_novel)" title="Lives of the Saints (Ricci novel)">Lives of the Saints</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohinton_Mistry" title="Rohinton Mistry">Rohinton Mistry</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Such_a_Long_Journey_(novel)" title="Such a Long Journey (novel)">Such a Long Journey</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ondaatje" title="Michael Ondaatje">Michael Ondaatje</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Patient" title="The English Patient">The English Patient</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Shields" title="Carol Shields">Carol Shields</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Stone_Diaries" title="The Stone Diaries">The Stone Diaries</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Wiebe" title="Rudy Wiebe">Rudy Wiebe</a>, <i>A Discovery of Strangers</i> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Hollingshead" title="Greg Hollingshead">Greg Hollingshead</a>, <i>The Roaring Girl</i> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe" title="Guy Vanderhaeghe">Guy Vanderhaeghe</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Englishman%27s_Boy" title="The Englishman's Boy">The Englishman's Boy</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Urquhart" title="Jane Urquhart">Jane Urquhart</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Underpainter" title="The Underpainter">The Underpainter</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Schoemperlen" title="Diane Schoemperlen">Diane Schoemperlen</a>, <i>Forms of Devotion</i> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cohen_(writer)" title="Matt Cohen (writer)">Matt Cohen</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_and_After" title="Elizabeth and After">Elizabeth and After</a></i> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ondaatje" title="Michael Ondaatje">Michael Ondaatje</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Anil%27s_Ghost" title="Anil's Ghost">Anil's Ghost</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Wright" title="Richard B. Wright">Richard B. Wright</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Clara_Callan" title="Clara Callan">Clara Callan</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Sawai" title="Gloria Sawai">Gloria Sawai</a>, <i>A Song for Nettie Johnson</i> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Glover_(writer)" title="Douglas Glover (writer)">Douglas Glover</a>, <i>Elle</i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miriam_Toews" title="Miriam Toews">Miriam Toews</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Complicated_Kindness" title="A Complicated Kindness">A Complicated Kindness</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gilmour_(writer)" title="David Gilmour (writer)">David Gilmour</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Perfect_Night_to_Go_to_China" title="A Perfect Night to Go to China">A Perfect Night to Go to China</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Behrens_(writer)" title="Peter Behrens (writer)">Peter Behrens</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Law_of_Dreams" title="The Law of Dreams">The Law of Dreams</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ondaatje" title="Michael Ondaatje">Michael Ondaatje</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Divisadero_(novel)" title="Divisadero (novel)">Divisadero</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nino_Ricci" title="Nino Ricci">Nino Ricci</a>, <i>The Origin of Species</i> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Pullinger" title="Kate Pullinger">Kate Pullinger</a>, <i>The Mistress of Nothing</i> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Warren" title="Dianne Warren">Dianne Warren</a>, <i>Cool Water</i> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_deWitt" title="Patrick deWitt">Patrick deWitt</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sisters_Brothers" title="The Sisters Brothers">The Sisters Brothers</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Spalding" title="Linda Spalding">Linda Spalding</a>, <i>The Purchase</i> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Catton" title="Eleanor Catton">Eleanor Catton</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Luminaries" title="The Luminaries">The Luminaries</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_King_(novelist)" title="Thomas King (novelist)">Thomas King</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Back_of_the_Turtle" title="The Back of the Turtle">The Back of the Turtle</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe" title="Guy Vanderhaeghe">Guy Vanderhaeghe</a>, <i>Daddy Lenin and Other Stories</i> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Thien" title="Madeleine Thien">Madeleine Thien</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Do_Not_Say_We_Have_Nothing" title="Do Not Say We Have Nothing">Do Not Say We Have Nothing</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Thomas_Hynes" title="Joel Thomas Hynes">Joel Thomas Hynes</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/We%27ll_All_Be_Burnt_in_Our_Beds_Some_Night" title="We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night">We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Henstra" title="Sarah Henstra">Sarah Henstra</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Word" title="The Red Word">The Red Word</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Thomas" title="Joan Thomas">Joan Thomas</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Five_Wives" title="Five Wives">Five Wives</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Good" title="Michelle Good">Michelle Good</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Five_Little_Indians_(novel)" title="Five Little Indians (novel)">Five Little Indians</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Dunning" title="Norma Dunning">Norma Dunning</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tainna" title="Tainna">Tainna</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Heti" title="Sheila Heti">Sheila Heti</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pure_Colour" title="Pure Colour">Pure Colour</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuja_Varghese" title="Anuja Varghese">Anuja Varghese</a>, <i>Chrysalis</i> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Abel" title="Jordan Abel">Jordan Abel</a>, <i>Empty Spaces</i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Canadian_Parliamentary_Poet_Laureate" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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