Member Review
The Writers' Union of Canada provided me with invaluable support at a difficult point in my career when it seemed that all the decision-making power over my work was in the hands of the publishing industry. I will always be grateful for that, as well as for the work that the Union continues to do every day to promote and protect the rights of writers.
Member Profile
Roo Borson
Roo Borson is a poet and essayist, and is a member (along with Kim Maltman and Andy Patton) of the collaborative group "Pain Not Bread"; she and Kim Maltman also publish collaboratively under the pen name "Baziju". She has served as writer-in-residence at numerous universities, and has given workshops across North America and readings in several countries. Her most recent works include Box Kite: Prose Poems by Baziju (a collaboration with Kim Maltman) published by House of Anansi in 2016, and Cardinal in the Eastern White Cedar, the final volume in her poetic triptych (including Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida and Rain; road; an open boat), published by McClelland & Stewart in 2017. Her work has been awarded the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Governor General's Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and CBC prizes for both poetry and essay. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia, and lives in Toronto.
