George McWhirter

George McWhirter lives in Vancouver. He grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, left for Spain, then emigrated to Canada. His poetry, fiction and translations have appeared in Ireland, the U.K., and North America. He was awarded The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize at the BC Book Awards for his novel, Cage (Oberon Press), his stories have been anthologized in Best Canadian Short Stories (Oberon Press), THE SECOND Blackstaff Book of Short Stories (Blackstaff Press, Belfast), Stories of Pacific and Arctic Canada (Macmillan), the CVC (CARTER V. COOPER SHORT FICTION ANTHOLOGY SERIES, Exile Editions) and Cli-Fi: CANADIAN STORIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE (Exile Editions). Exile Editions also published his short story collection, The Gift of Women, in 2015. On a visit to his son and family in Espoo, Finland, he was inspired to write “Snow: The Symphony”.