Edmonton author Tim Bowling kick-started a notable career when he published his first poetry collection, Low Water Slack, in 1995. Now, eighteen years later, he has published ten collections of poetry, two books of non-fiction, published four novels, and has won both national and international awards for his work. Bowling celebrates twenty years of writing [...]
Congratulations to Nightwood author Tim Bowling, who has been selected as the recipient of the Delta Friends of Heritage Award for his book The Lost Coast. Bowling was selected for this award for his lyrical depiction of Delta’s early fishing industry. The Lost Coast is an impassioned lament for the home Bowling once knew and for the river and creatures that continue to haunt his [...]
Congratulations to Tim Bowling who has been selected as 2012 Acorn-Plantos Peoples Poet, based on his latest poetry collection, Tenderman! The Acorn-Plantos Award for Peoples Poetry is awarded annually to a Canadian poet, based on a book published in the previous calendar year. The work should follow in the tradition of Acorn, Livesay, Purdy, Plantos and [...]
Tim Bowling, renowned author and winner of the 2012 Alberta Literary Award for Poetry, has just received another accolade for his work. Bowling’s most recent collection of poetry, Tenderman, has just been nominated for the Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry, which is awarded annually to a Canadian poet whose work is accessible to all people [...]