John Barton was born in Edmonton in 1957 and raised in Calgary. He has also lived in Victoria, Vancouver, New York City, and London, Ontario. He currently lives and writes in Ottawa. He has co-edited Arc: Canada's National Poetry Magazine since 1991.
Awards
Patricia Hackett Prize, University of Western Australia, 1986.
Archibald Lampman Award, 1988, 1995, 1999.
Ottawa-Carleton Book Award, 1995.
Selected Publications
Hidden Structure. (Ekstasis Editions, 1984).
West of Darkness: A Portrait of Emily Carr. (Penumbra Press, 1987).
Great Men. (Quarry Press, 1990).
Notes Toward a Family Tree. (Quarry Press, 1993).
A Poor Photographer. (Sono Nis Press, 1981).
Designs from the Interior. (House of Anansi Press, 1994).
Sweet Ellipsis. (ECW Press, 1998).
West of Darkness: Emily Carr, a Self-portrait, 2nd Ed.
(Beach Holme, 1999).
Hypothesis. (House of Anansi, 2001).
Selected Anthologies
Capital Poets: An Ottawa Anthology. (Ouroboros, 1989).
Reconcilable Differences. (Bayeux Arts, 1994).
A Room at the Heart of Things. (Véhicule Press, 1998).
Books in Print
Barton, John
A Poor Photographer. Sono Nis Press, 1981. $5.95 ISBN: 0-919462-77-4.
Designs from the Interior. Anansi, 1994. $14.95 ISBN: 0-88784-558-1.
Great Men. Quarry Press, 1990. $10.95 ISBN: 0-919627-99-4.
Hidden Structure. Ekstasis Editions, 1984. $9.95 ISBN: 0-969128-95-9.
Notes Toward a Family Tree. Quarry Press, 1993. $12.95 ISBN: 1-55082-066-4.
Sweet Ellipsis. ECW Press, 1998.$14.95 ISBN 1-55022-354-2.
West of Darkness: Emily Carr, a Self-portrait, 2nd Ed.
(Beach Holme, 1999) $12.95 ISBN 0-88878-402-3.
Hypothesis. (House of Anansi, 2001) $16.95 ISBN 0-88784-659-9.
jbarton@cyberus.ca
http://www.anansi.ca
http://www.cyberus.ca/~arc.poetry