Biography

Marsha Barber's poetry books What is the Sound of Someone Unravelling and All the Lovely Broken People have been published by Ottawa's Borealis Press.

She is currently working on her third book.

Marsha has won many awards for her work and been longlisted for the national ReLit prize and shortlisted for the international Bridport Poetry Prize.

She has published in such periodicals as the Literary Review of Canada, The Antigonish Review, The New Quarterly, The Walrus and The Prairie Journal and has read her work all over the world.

She gives workshops, and is part of the Poets in the Schools program. Marsha is on faculty at Ryerson University's School of Journalism in Toronto.

Books in Print

• All the Lovely Broken People, Borealis Press, 2015.
  ISBN: ISBN 978-0-88887-426-9
• What is the Sound of Someone Unravelling, Borealis Press, 2011.
  ISBN: 978-0-88887-609-6

Selected Writing Awards

• Arborealis Poetry Prize: First Place, 2014
• Open Heart Award: First Place, 2014
• Bridport Prize: Shortlisted for the international Bridport Prize for poetry, 2013
• ReLit Awards: Longlisted for the national ReLit Awards, 2012
• Open Heart Award: First Place, 2012
• And The Envelope Please Award: First Place, 2012
• Winsome Words Award: First Place, 2012
• The Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest: Hon. Mention, 2015; Hon. Mention & Judge's Choice, 2012 & 2013; Judge's Choice, 2014
• And The Envelope Please Award: Second Place, 2012
• Arborealis Poetry Prize: Runner Up, 2012
• Much Ado About Peculiar: Second Place, 2013
• Canada Council Writer's Award: To complete poetry manuscript, nominated by Doubleday Publishers
• The Chester McNaughton Prize