Peter Gerard Trower (25 August 1930 – 10 November 2017) was a Canadian poet and novelist.
Trower was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, and came to Canada in 1940. He worked for 22 years as a logger and has been writing professionally since 1971.
Trower published three novels, more than ten books of poetry and numerous articles. One of his novels, Grogan's Cafe (novel), is in pre-production for a film New City Films
In 1976, Trower was the subject of a CBC documentary titled Between the Sky and the Splinters, after his 1974 book of poetry of the same name.
Bibliography
Poetry Moving Through the Mystery - Talonbooks - 1969 Between the Sky and the Splinters - Harbour - 1974 The Alders and Others - Harbour - 1976 Ragged Horizons - McClelland & Stewart - 1978 Bush Poems - Harbour - 1978 Goose quill Snags - Harbour - 1982 The Slidingback Hills - Oberon - 1986 Unmarked Doorways - Harbour - 1989 Where Roads Lead - Reference West - 1994 Hitting the Bricks - Ekstasis - 1997 Chainsaws in the Cathedral - Ekstasis - 1999 A Ship Called Destiny - Ekstasis - 2000 There Are Many Ways - Ekstasis - 2002 Haunted Hills and Hanging Valleys: Selected Poems 1969-2004 - Harbour - 2004
Prose Rough and Ready Times - Glassford - 1993 Grogan's Cafe - Harbour - 1993 Dead Man's Ticket - Harbour - 1996 The Judas Hills - Harbour - 2000 Hellhound on his Trail & other stories - Ekstasis - 2008
Editor Witches and Idiots Raincoast Chronicles
Anthology contributions Best Poems - 1967 West Coast Seen Kites and Cartwheels Listen Skookum Wa Wa Storm Warning 2 Raincoast Chronicles First Five A Government Job at Last Western Windows Who Owns the Earth Assault on the Worker Poems for a Snow-eyed Country For Openers Going for Coffee Raincoast Chronicles Six/Ten British Columbia/A Celebration Soul of a City Vancouver Poetry Vancouver and its Writers Strong Voices Paperwork Oberon Poetry Vancouver Songs from the Wild Because You Loved Being a Stranger Witness to Wilderness Raincoast Chronicles Eleven Up Earle Birney - A Tribute
Periodical contributions Poetry (Chicago) Poetry Australia Prism International West Coast Review This Magazine Canadian Poetry Magazine Vancouver Magazine West World Equity Western Living Raincoast Chronicles The Georgia Straight Sunshine Coast News Business Logger B. C. Studies
Discography Sidewalks & Sidehills - 2003 Kisses In the Whiskey - 2004
Projects in Progress Way Stations (Selected Prose) The Counting House (Short stories centered on Oakalla Prison) Holy Herb - Master Cracksman (Semi-fictionalized biography) Rainbow's End Horizons (Travel pieces) Booking In (Selected book and film reviews) Reluctant Brush Ape (Autobiographical logging pieces) The Gathering (Poems new, revised and uncollected)
References
W.H. New, ed. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Literature. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2002. 1138
External links Official Website: http://www.petertrower.com More on Peter Trower from Harbour Publishing Winner George Woodcock Award 2002 Review at ArcPoetry Records of Peter Trower are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books