Born in British Columbia in 1935.
He attended the University of British Columbia
and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He writes novels, short stories, plays, and criticism,
as well as poetry.
And he regularly reviews volumes of poetry
for the Canadian forum and magazine Canadian literature.
For two years, he has served as one
of the editors of TISH, a poetry newsletter, which comes out
of Vancouver, British Columbia.
He has published poetry in over 40 magazines
in Canada and in the United States.
His first volume of poetry Points on the Grid
will be published by Contact Press in Toronto March 1, 1964.
And he will be one of the 10 featured poets in poetry '64
published tomorrow October '31 by the Ryerson press
in Toronto.
You didn't come here to hear about him, came to hear him.
So it gives me a great deal of pleasure
to present Mr. George Bowering.
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