Richard Harrison

In 2025, Richard Harrison received the WGA Golden Pen for Lifetime Achievement, and his On Not Losing My Father’s Ashes in the Flood won the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. His 9th book of poetry, My Mother Joins the Resistance, will be launched in Spring, 2026. As Professor of English and Creative Writing at Mount Royal University, editor, and writing mentor, Richard has guided over 50 books into print, and for 25 years he has facilitated the Thursday Group workshop, whose members have placed a multitude of poems in journals, won numerous awards, and published 15 books of poetry.