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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

Average rating: 3.98 · 634 ratings · 121 reviews · 17 distinct worksSimilar authors
Trauma Farm: A Rebel Histor...

4.07 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Tuco and the Scattershot Wo...

3.77 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Uproar's Your Only Music: N...

4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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The Fungus Garden

2.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988
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Coyote

3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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The colour of bones in a st...

3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998
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The Wind River Variations

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3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go

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Tanganyika

2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991
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Poems New and Selected

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 2 editions
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