Chris Banks
Chris Banks (born 1970) is a Canadian poet.
Chris Banks
- Born
- 1970
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Education
- University of Guelph · University of Western Ontario · Concordia University
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Chris Banks (born 1970) is a Canadian poet.
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Born 1970, Banks grew up in Stayner, Sioux Lookout and Bancroft. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph, before moving on to complete a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from Concordia University and later a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario. Banks later began teaching at Bluevale Collegiate Institute in Waterloo, Ontario. Banks' works include a chapbook, Form Letters (2002). His first full-length collection, Bonfires, was awarded the Jack Chalmers Award for poetry by the Canadian Authors' Association in 2004. Bonfires was also a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry in Canada. In 2023, one of his sonnets was published in The Walrus.
Awards and recognition
• 2004: Canadian Authors Association, winner of poetry award, Bonfires • 2004: Finalist for Gerald Lampert Award for poetry, Bonfires • 2006: Gowlings Literary Award
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- 1.Read About Award Winning Poet and Bluevale Teacher Chris Banks, Book Signing Today. Bluevale Collegiate Institute. 2019-03-30.
- 2.Banks, Chris. Sonnet. The Walrus. 2023-11-02.
- 3.Canadian Authors Association: Poetry award winners list.
- 4.2006 KW Arts Award Winners
- 5.Reviews: Chris Banks's The Cloud Versus Grand Unification Theory and Spencer Gordon's Cruise Missile Liberals. The Globe and Mail. 2017-12-14.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 11
- 2002: Form Letters, Junction Books (chapbook)
- 2003: Bonfires, Nightwood Editions
- 2006: Sparrows and Arrows, Bilbioasis (chapbook)
- 2006: The Cold Panes of Surfaces, Nightwood Editions
- 2011: Winter Cranes, ECW Press
- 2015: Invaders, Anstruther Press, (chapbook)
- Reviews: Chris Banks's The Cloud Versus Grand Unification Theory and Spencer Gordon's Cruise Missile Liberals. The Globe and Mail. 2017-12-14.
- 2019: MidLife Action Figure, ECW Press
- 2021: Shadow Forecast, Floodlight Editions (chapbook)
- 2021: Deep Fake Serenade, Nightwood Editions
- 2023: Alternator, Harbour Publishing
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