George Sipos is a

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poet best known for his

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-nominated 2010 memoir ''The Geography of Arrival''."Non-Fiction Review by Karen Schindler: The Geography of Arrival"
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'', Issue #173 (Winter 2010). Born in

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, Sipos emigrated with his family to

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in childhood. He spent much of his adulthood in Prince George,

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, where he taught at the College of New Caledonia, owned and operated a book store, Mosquito Books, and served general manager of the Prince George Symphony Orchestra."Books set for launch at Two Rivers"
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'', April 27, 2010. He has also published two volumes of poetry, ''Anything But the Moon'' (2005) and ''The Glassblowers'' (2010).

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"'Out beyond the window'"
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'', October 4, 2010. ''Anything But the Moon'' was a shortlisted nominee for the

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in 2006. He currently resides on Saltspring Island, where he has been executive director of the ArtSpring arts and culture festival and a freelance contributor to the ''Gulf Islands Driftwood'' community newspaper.

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