John Donlan

John Donlan was raised in Baysville, a hamlet of 200 people in Ontario’s Muskoka district on the Canadian Shield. His father worked with teams of horses hauling logs in the bush; neighbours raised skunks, crows, and porcupines as domestic pets (a neighbour’s crow, named for his father, stole clothespins from the wash to tease his mother).

Surrounded by some of Canada’s most beautiful wilderness (celebrated in the paintings of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven), the poet developed a deep sense of belonging in the natural world.

He is a poetry editor with Brick Books(opens in new tab).

He was the 2012 Barbara Moon Editorial Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto, and Writer in Residence at Saskatoon Public Library and Campbell River.

John Donlan’s poems and reviews have appeared in leading journals in Canada, the United States, and Iran.

Additionally, he has given readings and conducted writing workshops in schools, libraries, universities, and art galleries throughout Canada and the United States while his books of poetry – Domestic Economy, Baysville, Green Man, and Spirit Engine – are available either from the author or the works’ respective publishers; they can also be found in fine bookstores across the continent.

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