John Barton

John Barton was UNB’s 31th writer-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. John Barton is a self-professed gay poet (not, he says, a poet who happens to be gay), and has worked to bolster Canadian L.G.B.T. literature. He has worked as the editor of The Malahat Review and co-editing Arc. He read from his novel Hymn September 16th, 2010, at Memorial Hall; for UNBSJ’s Lorenzo reading series on March 17, 2011; he read at Queeer Literary Coffeehouse event on March 29th, 2011; and also did a farewell reading on April 12, 2011 in Memorial Hall.

Barton was preceded by Fred Stenson, and succeeded by Sue Sinclair.

Sources:

UA Case 191; Section 2; John Barton