Bertrand Bickersteth is a Canadian poet. His debut collection, ''The Response of Weeds'', was published in 2020 and won the Gerald Lampert Award from the League of Canadian Poets in 2021. From

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, he is a communication instructor at Olds College. In addition to his poetry, he has also published academic work on

Black Canadian Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though t ...

culture, including the history of Black Canadian settlement in Western Canada and critical analysis of the work of

Wayde Compton Wayde Compton (born 1972) is a Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia. He co ...

and

Canisia Lubrin Canisia Lubrin (born 1984) is a writer, critic, professor, poet and editor. Originally from St. Lucia, Lubrin now lives in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Life and career Lubrin was born in St. Lucia and studied in Canada, completing a bachelor's d ...

. ''The Response of Weeds'' was also shortlisted for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry and the City of Calgary W. O. Mitchell Book Prize at the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards."Bertrand Bickersteth and Will Ferguson among writers shortlisted for 2021 Alberta Literary Awards"
CBC Books, April 12, 2021.

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