Barry Dempster is the author of two novels, a children's book, three volumes of short stories and eighteen collections of poetry. He has been nominated for the Governor General's Award twice; for his first book, Fables for Isolated Men, and for The Burning Alphabet, which won the Canadian Authors Association Award for poetry. In 2010 and 2015, he was a finalist for the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and in 2014, he was nominated for the Trillium Award for his novel, The Outside World.

Being Here the chemistry of startle by Barry Dempster

Barry’s newest collection of poetry titled, Being Here the chemistry of startle is now available to purchase through Frontenac House. To learn more about it and to purchase a copy, go to Frontenac House’s website.