Conor Kerr

Oct 20, 2024 | stalbertgazette.com | Rose Sutherland |Claudia Dey |Conor Kerr

Reading offers a safe form of adventure and escapism that relieves stress, feeds curiosity and grows vocabulary. But it tends to be a solitary experience, and every once in a while, we like to surround ourselves in a bubble with like-minded people. When we read stories about characters who live different lives from our own, it’s exciting to compare thoughts and broaden our horizons. St. Albert Readers Festival (STARFest) offers us more than a glimpse into different worlds.

Mar 20, 2024 | edifyedmonton.com | Conor Kerr

Whyte Ave looks a lot different than itdid fifteen years ago whenWe drank bottles of cheap red winebehind Wunderbar and Filthy’sPower Hour kept a guy going with thelast twenty dollars in his pocket. I think about eating cheap po’boys atDaDeO’s, pitchers of chili lager,on the Monday deal with my friendson their nights off.

Nov 1, 2023 | cbc.ca | Conor Kerr

The finalists for the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry | CBC Books LoadedBooksThe $25,000 prizes recognize the best Canadian books of the year. The $25,000 prizes recognize the best Canadian books of the yearHere are the finalists for the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. The Governor General's Literary Awards are one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious literary prizes.

Oct 25, 2023 | cbc.ca | Suzette Mayr |Kyo Maclear |Eli Baxter |Conor Kerr

Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards | CBC Books LoadedBooksThe prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, are awarded in seven English-language categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature — text, young people's literature — illustration, drama and French-to-English translation.

Apr 26, 2023 | quillandquire.com | Conor Kerr

Delving into his Métis heritage, Conor Kerr explores the collision of the natural and human-made worlds in his second book of poetry, Old Gods. The overall tone of the collection is anger, softened slightly by a wistful longing for a mostly vanished way of life. A sense of loss pervades the collection, but underpinning that is a sense of the permanence of the earth – in some form.