Bren Simmers is a Canadian poet and writer. She is the author of three collections of poetry, ''Night Gears'' (Wolsak and Wynn 2010), ''Hastings-Sunrise'' (Nightwood Editions 2015), and ''If, When'' (Gaspereau Press 2021). 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 Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, she studied writing at the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

and has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...

. 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,2011 Long Poem Prize Winners
''The Malahat Review''. and was a finalist for the 2006 Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award. She lives on Prince Edward Island.

Bibliography

* ''Night Gears'', Wolsak and Wynn, October 2010, * ''Hastings-Sunrise'', Nightwood Editions, March 2015, * ''Pivot Point'', Gaspereau Press, October 2019, * ''If, When'', Gaspereau Press, 2021,

References

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