Allan Brown

Allan Brown was born in Victoria and presently lives in Powell River, BC. His poems have been published in various Canadian journals since 1962, and partly collected in 16 books and chapbooks, and in several anthologies. He was writer-in-residence at the Kapuskasing Public Library in 1987-88. His collection Imagines (Leaf Press, 2002) was co-winner of the bp Nichol Chapbook Award.

His critical writings – mostly reviews and review articles – have appeared since 1976. He was guest editor for Nebula in 1979-80, literary editor of Quarry through 1982-84 and guest editor in 1986, and a member of the editorial board of Rim in 1998-99. He has been the contributing editor for reviews to Jones Ave. since 1996, and has edited and published The Wayward Coast anthology series since 2001.

He is a member of the Canadian Poetry Association, the Federation of BC Writers, the League of Canadian Poets, and the pacifi-kana haiku group, and is artistic director of the Malaspina Writers’ Association.

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