2011 Whitehorse Poetry Festival
bill bissett is an internationally acclaimed pioneer of sound, visual, and performance poetry who has published over seventy books of poetry. Recent collections include sublingual (Talon Books, 2008), northern wild roses (Talon Books 2005), and narrative enigma (Talon Books 2004). Bissett has received many awards including The George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award (2007); BC Book Prizes Dorothy Livesay Prize (2003) for peter among th towring boxes / text bites; BC Book Prizes Dorothy Livesay Prize (1993) for inkorrect thots, and the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award (1991) for Hard 2 beleev.
