Municipal poets laureate in Alberta

This is a list of Municipal Poets Laureate in Alberta, Canada.

Calgary

Calgary's current poet laureate is Wakefield Brewster (2022-2024). He was preceded in office by Natalie Meisner (2020 – 2022), Sheri-D Wilson (2018-2020), Micheline Maylor (2016 – 2018), Derek Beaulieu (2014 – 2016), and Kris Demeanor (2012 – 2014).[1][2][3][4][5]

Banff

Banff has had three poets laureate, Derek Beaulieu (2022-2023), Amelie Patternson (2017-2018) and Steven Ross Smith (2019-2020) [6]

Edmonton

The current Poet Laureate of Edmonton is Titilope Sonuga (2021-2023).[7] She was preceded in office by Nishi Patel (2019 – 2021), Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali (2017-2019), Pierrette Requier (2015 – 2017), Mary Pinkoski (2013 – 2015), Anna Marie Sewell (2011 – 2012), Roland Pemberton (2006 – 2011), E.D. Blodgett (2007 – 2009), and Alice Major (2005 – 2007).[8][9]

See also

References
  1. "Calgary Poet Laureate". Calgary Arts Development. 18 February 2022.
  2. "Micheline Maylor named Calgary's poet laureate". Calgary Herald. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  3. "Calgary's new poet laureate is Micheline Maylor". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  4. "The Poets Laureate of Canada". NUVO Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. "Kris Demeanor named Calgary’s first poet laureate". Calgary Herald, March 18, 2012.
  6. "Banff Poet Laureate".
  7. "Titilope Sonuga named Edmonton's ninth poet laureate". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. "Poet Laureate".
  9. "Remembering the life of Edward BLODGETT 1935 - 2018".
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