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Internationally
recognized as one of Canada’s finest poets and authors, Peter Trower
likewise toiled in the freelance trenches for many years, hawking magazine
features and newspaper columns to make ends meet. This collection represents
some of his best writing from those publications, at turns humourous and
heartbreaking, ribald and reflective. Real stories with real characters,
told by someone who was really there.
Peter Trower was born
in St. Leonard's on Sea, England in 1930 and came to Canada in 1940. He
worked for 22 years as a logger. Writing professionally since 1971, he
has has published three novels to date, more than ten books of poetry
and numerous articles. His collection of logging poems Chainsaws in the
Cathedral was selected to the BC Millenium Book Award. In 2002 he was
awarded the B.C. Gas Lifetime Achievement Award for his work. He lives
in Gibson’s, B.C.
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