Russell Thornton (writer)


Russell Thornton is a Canadian poet. His book House Built of Rain was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the 2004 ReLit Award. His collection Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, the 2014 Raymond Souster Award and the 2014 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. His collection The Hundred Lives was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize.
He is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

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