Gary Barwin

Gary Barwin is a writer, musician and multimedia artist and the author of 35 books including Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction 2024-1984. He has been shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award and, twice, the League of Canadian poets Spoken Word Award. He has won the League of Canadian Poets’ Lifetime Membership Award, the Leacock Medal and, three times, the Canadian Jewish Literary Award. Recent work includes Bird Fiction, an interactive poetry multimedia work (with Sarah Imrisek) featured in Hamilton Arts Week June 2025 and a poetry book and recording with Lillian Allen and Gregory Betts, Muttertongue. A novel, The Comedian’s Book of the Dead is forthcoming from Book*Hug Press in 2026. Recordings of his work are available at https://garybarwin.bandcamp.com and https://muttertonguetrio.bandcamp.com/ He lives in Hamilton with an evidence-based envy of better poets. garybarwin.com