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George Bowering Selected to Judge 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize

Submitted by clelia on September 10, 2007 - 11:49am
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George Bowering, novelist, critic and former poet laureate has been selected as a judge for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize. The other judges for the 2008 Griffin Prize are Pura Lopez Colome from Mexico and James Lasdun from New York.

rob mclennan interviewed George Bowering on Saturday, September 8 about his writing, reading and pear eating.

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Babstock and Harsent Win the Griffin Prize!

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Submitted by Grace on June 8, 2012 - 9:30am

Babstock and Harsent Win the Griffin Prize!

Last night in Toronto, the Griffin Poetry Prize was awarded to Ken Babstock (Canadian winner) for Methodist Hatchet, published by House of Anansi and David Harsent (International winner) for Night, published by Faber and Faber. Each author receives a $65,000 prize purse.

The remaining finalists were:

  • Phil Hall for Killdeer, published by BookThug
  • Jan Zwicky for Forge, published by Gaspereau Press
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