Authors & Headliners

Bruce Meyer is the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie. He is author of 34 books, 13 of them poetry, with six more books in the works. He is professor of English at Georgian College and teaches for Laurentian University. His broadcasts, The Great Books, A Novel Idea, and Great Poetry: Poetry is Life and Vice Versa with Michael Enright for CBC Radio One are the network’s bestselling spoken word audio cd series.

Bruce works with junior high and high school students on a variety of poetry subjects such as form, imagery, getting started, getting published and group poetry writing for the younger students.