skirting the periphery

DAVID HELWIG

 

David Helwig is the author of more than 20 books, mostly fiction and poetry, David Helwig has served on juries for the Canada Council, Governor-General’s Awards, Ontario Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council, PEI Arts Council, New Brunswick Arts Council. He earned a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1960, and an M.A. from the University of Liverpool in 1962. He has worked in journalism, TV drama, radio drama, as a university lecturer and since 1980 a full-time writer. He is the founder and long-time editor of the Best Canadian Stories annual. His most recent book of poetry The Year One won the Atlantic Poetry Award for 2004. He moved to Prince Edward Island in 1996.

 

WEBSITE: David Helwig
 
POETRY
Prince Edward Island Poet Laureate Community Website: Poem from "Seawrack"