Writers Read Presents: John Barton
12 November at 13:00
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
1:00 pm ET
John Molson Building (Concordia University)
14-250 (Floor 14, Room 250
1600 Blvd. de Maisonneuve Ouest
Writers Read Presents John Barton
Join us on November 12 at 1PM in MB-14.250 (John Molson Building, 14th Floor, Room 250), 1600 Boul de Maisonneuve O, for a reading and conversation with Canadian poet John Barton. This event is free to attend and open to everyone. Please register to reserve your place.
Born in Edmonton and raised in Calgary, John Barton has won three Archibald Lampman Awards, an Ottawa Book Award, a CBC Literary Award, a National Magazine Award, and an e-Lit Award. His book Lost Family was nominated for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry in 2021.
The author of eleven books of poetry, John Barton edited two of Canada’s most prominent literary magazines, Arc (1988 to 2003) and The Malahat Review (2004 to 2018). He has taught poetry at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the University of Victoria; led workshops on craft and publishing for the New Brunswick Writers Federation, Saskatchewan’s Sage Hill Writing Experience, and Ottawa’s Tree Reading Series; and served as writer in residence at the Saskatoon Public Library (2008/ 2009), the University of New Brunswick (2010/2011), and Memorial University of Newfoundland (Fall 2015).
Cost: Free