Peter Trower
Peter Gerard Trower (25 August 1930 – 10 November 2017) was a Canadian poet and novelist. Trower was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, and came to Canada in 1940. He worked for 22 years as a logger and has been writing professionally since 1971.
Also recorded as Peter Gerard Trower
Peter Trower
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2017
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- English
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Poetry
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Trower published three novels, more than ten books of poetry and numerous articles. One of his novels, Grogan's Cafe (novel), is in pre-production for a film In 1976, Trower was the subject of a CBC documentary titled Between the Sky and the Splinters, after his 1974 book of poetry of the same name.
• Moving Through the Mystery - Talonbooks - 1969 • Between the Sky and the Splinters - Harbour - 1974 • The Alders and Others - Harbour - 1976 • Ragged Horizons - McClelland & Stewart - 1978 • Bush Poems - Harbour - 1978 • Goose quill Snags - Harbour - 1982 • The Slidingback Hills - Oberon - 1986 • Unmarked Doorways - Harbour - 1989 • Where Roads Lead - Reference West - 1994 • Hitting the Bricks - Ekstasis - 1997 • Chainsaws in the Cathedral - Ekstasis - 1999 • A Ship Called Destiny - Ekstasis - 2000 • There Are Many Ways - Ekstasis - 2002 • Haunted Hills and Hanging Valleys: Selected Poems 1969-2004 - Harbour - 2004
Prose
Prose
• Rough and Ready Times - Glassford - 1993 • Grogan's Cafe - Harbour - 1993 • Dead Man's Ticket - Harbour - 1996 • The Judas Hills - Harbour - 2000 • Hellhound on his Trail & other stories - Ekstasis - 2008
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Editor
• Witches and Idiots • Raincoast Chronicles
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Anthology contributions
• Best Poems - 1967 • West Coast Seen • Kites and Cartwheels • Listen • Skookum Wa Wa • Storm Warning 2 • Raincoast Chronicles First Five • A Government Job at Last • Western Windows • Who Owns the Earth • Assault on the Worker • Poems for a Snow-eyed Country • For Openers • Going for Coffee • Raincoast Chronicles Six/Ten • British Columbia/A Celebration • Soul of a City • Vancouver Poetry • Vancouver and its Writers • Strong Voices • Paperwork • Oberon Poetry • Vancouver • Songs from the Wild • Because You Loved Being a Stranger • Witness to Wilderness • Raincoast Chronicles Eleven Up • Earle Birney - A Tribute
Periodical contributions
Periodical contributions
• Poetry (Chicago) • Poetry Australia • Prism International • West Coast Review • This Magazine • Canadian Poetry Magazine • Vancouver Magazine • West World • Equity • Western Living • Raincoast Chronicles • The Georgia Straight • Sunshine Coast News • Business Logger • B. C. Studies
Projects in Progress
Projects in Progress
• Way Stations (Selected Prose) • The Counting House (Short stories centered on Oakalla Prison) • Holy Herb - Master Cracksman (Semi-fictionalized biography) • Rainbow's End Horizons (Travel pieces) • Booking In (Selected book and film reviews) • Reluctant Brush Ape (Autobiographical logging pieces) • The Gathering (Poems new, revised and uncollected)
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• Sidewalks & Sidehills - 2003 • Kisses In the Whiskey - 2004
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