Welcome to Poet George Murray!

GEORGE MURRAY has published poems and fiction in journals and anthologies in Canada, the United States, Australia, and Europe. His work has been recognized with the PIP Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative Poetry, and has been shortlisted for other awards, including the EJ Pratt Poetry Prize, the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the CAA Poetry Prize. His five books of poetry include The Hunter, The Rush to Here, and a new collection, Glimpse: Selected Aphorisms (ECW). He frequently reviews books for The Globe and Mail, and is the editor of the popular literary website bookninja.com. Murray lives in St John’s, Newfoundland.

George will be participating in the CAMPUS PROGRAM on Thursday, September 23 (4:00-5:00pm) at the Downtown Red River College and on Friday, September 24 (2:30-4:00pm) at the University of Winnipeg where he will be in a panel with SINA QUERYAS. On Friday he will also be on the MAINSTAGE at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People at 8:00pm for the Poetry Bash with ARIEL GORDON, NORA GOULD, IGNATIUS T. MABASA, kevin mcpherson eckoff, and SINA QUERYAS.

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