Portrait of Edmonton poet Alice Major. She has blondish white chin-length hair with bangs and oval-shaped glasses. She is wearing a light blue collared shirt.

Alice Major has published twelve collections of poetry, two novels for young adults, and an award-winning collection of essays about poetry and science. A former chair of the Edmonton Arts Council she was the City of Edmonton’s first poet laureate (2005 – 2007). During her tenure, she founded the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Alice went on to receive the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award in 2017 and an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Alberta in 2019.

You can visit her website at https://www.alicemajor.com 

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