An Evening of Poetry with Douglas Walbourne-Gough

Presented in partnership with The Lorenzo Society, join poet Douglas Walbourne-Gough at the Saint John Arts Centre on Friday, September 26 at 7pm for a reading featuring work from his books “Crow Gulch” (Goose Lane, 2019) and “Island” (Goose Lane, 2024).

Douglas will be in-conversation with Rachel Bryant.

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Douglas Walbourne-Gough is a poet and mixed/adopted status member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation from Elmastukwek (the Bay of Islands), Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). His poetry and reviews have been published throughout Canada, and his poetry has garnered several awards and grants, recently winning the 2022 Riddle Fence poetry prize and a Professional Projects grant from ArtsNL.

Douglas has won the NL Arts and Letters Award five times and has twice served as the Award’s adjudicator. Most recently, he served as Writer-in-Residence at Memorial University’s St. John’s campus, the Corner Brook Rotary Arts Centre, and the Corner Brook Public Library.

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