| Bren Simmers | |
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| Born | 1976 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Citizenship | Canada |
Bren Simmers is a Canadian poet and writer. She is the author of four collections of poetry: Night Gears (Wolsak and Wynn 2010), Hastings-Sunrise (Nightwood Editions 2015), If, When (Gaspereau Press 2021), and The Work (Gaspereau Press, 2024). She is also the author of Pivot Point (Gaspereau Press 2019), a lyrical account of a nine-day wilderness canoe trip through the Bowron Lakes canoe circuit in British Columbia.
Born in Vancouver, she studied writing at the University of Victoria and has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is the winner of 2022 CBC Poetry Prize for Spell World Backwards, a collection of poems inspired by how Alzheimer's affects language. Her book Hastings-Sunrise was a finalist for the 2015 City of Vancouver Book Award. She is also the winner of an Arc Poetry Magazine Poem of the Year Award, a finalist for The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, and was a finalist for the 2006 Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award. She lives on Prince Edward Island.
The Work was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2024 Governor General's Awards.
Bibliography
- Night Gears, Wolsak and Wynn, October 2010, ISBN 978-1-894987-49-3
- Hastings-Sunrise, Nightwood Editions, March 2015, ISBN 978-0-88971-310-9
- Pivot Point, Gaspereau Press, October 2019, ISBN 978-1-55447-200-0
- If, When, Gaspereau Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-55447-227-7
References
- Bren Simmers' debut collection of poetry with Wolsak and Wynn Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Hastings-Sunrise named one of 15 poetry books to watch for in 2015
- Annick MacAskill Reviews Bren Simmers Work of Labour and Inheritance. Atlantic Books, August 11, 2021.
- Pivot Variations: A Review by Lynn Davies of Bren Simmers' "Pivot Point". The Fiddlehead, October 8, 2021.
- P.E.I. writer Bren Simmers wins 2022 CBC Poetry Prize for work inspired by how Alzheimer's affects language. CBC Books, November 24, 2022.
- 2015 City of Vancouver Book Award Finalists Announced, BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, October 13, 2015.
- Poem of the Year Winners Announced. Arc Poetry Magazine, September 16, 2006.
- 2011 Long Poem Prize Winners, The Malahat Review.
- Cassandra Drudi, "Canisia Lubrin, Danny Ramadan among 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award finalists". Quill & Quire, October 8, 2024.
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