David Bradford (writer)

David Bradford is a Canadian poet based in Montreal, Quebec,[1] whose debut poetry collection Dream of No One But Myself was published in 2021.[2]

Biography

Bradford completed a BA at Concordia University followed by an MFA at the University of Guelph, where he was mentored by Dionne Brand.[3] He previously published the chapbooks Nell Zink is Damn Free (2017) and The Plot (2018), and was a founding editor of the poetry publisher House House Press.[4]

Awards

Dream of No One But Myself was shortlisted for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize,[5] the 2022 Gerald Lampert Award,[6] and the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[7]

References
  1. ""That Edge of Freedom" David Bradford on The Ups and Downs of Poetry". Open Book, October 7, 2021.
  2. "Griffin Poetry Prize finalist David Bradford's Dream of No One But Myself explores family via words and images". CBC Books, June 6, 2022.
  3. "Guelph MFA Grads Simone Dalton and David Bradford on Family, Loss, Writing, and Community". Open Book, August 5, 2021.
  4. "House House Press launched their first three chapbooks!". Drawn & Quarterly, March 1, 2019.
  5. Attila Berki, "David Bradford, Liz Howard, and Tolu Oloruntoba shortlisted for 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize". Quill & Quire, April 13, 2022.
  6. Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2022 League of Canadian Poets book awards". Quill & Quire, April 21, 2022.
  7. "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry". CBC Books, October 12, 2022.


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