Poet Sutherland speaking at Nipissing

Nipissing University welcomes poet Paul Sutherland to campus for a special presentation on January 13, from 11 a.m. – noon in room A252. Sutherland has published seven collections and has edited seven others. He is the founding editor of Dream Catcher, a distinguished international journal in its 23rd issue (a Special Edition featuring Canadian Authors). His poems have appeared in journals, newspapers and anthologies; recently, in Sama Ghazal Salaam UK, an anthology of Islamic-inspired contemporary British poetry and inThe Mantle Adorned, an anthology in Praise of the Prophet and in the Brownsbank Anthology, celebrating the life of poet Hugh MacDiarmid. His Tennyson inspired poems (2009) were displayed at Alford Manor House as part of the events commemorating the poet’s bi-centenary.  He won the 2008 Nassau Review (US) Poetry Prize for best poem submitted to the journal, placed Second in the English Association Poetry Prize in 2009 and was highly commended in the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition in the same year.

The event is presented by Nipissing’s English Studies’ Seventh Annual Speakers Series.

Admission is free and all are welcome.