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Brian Brett


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Brian Brett, former chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada and a journalist for four decades, is best known as a poet, memoir writer, and fictionist. He is the author of twelve books including the poetry collection, “The Colour Of Bones In A Stream,” and the novel, “Coyote: A Mystery.” His memoir, “Uproar’s Your Only Music,” was a Globe and Mail’s Book Of The Year selection by Ronald Wright: “The most exciting Canadian book I’ve read all year. ” His best-seller, “Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life,” won numerous prizes, including the Writers’ Trust annual award for best Canadian non-fiction book. His new poems: “To Your Scattered Bodies Go” won the CBC poetry prize in 2011. A collection of poems and prose poems about an endangered wa ...more

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Trauma Farm: A Rebel Histor...
4.07 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Tuco and the Scattershot Wo...
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Uproar's Your Only Music: N...
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The Fungus Garden
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Coyote
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The colour of bones in a st...
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The Wind River Variations
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go
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Tanganyika
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Trauma Farm
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“Farming is a profession of hope”
― Brian Brett
tags: farming, hope
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