Peter Trower


Peter Gerard Trower was a Canadian poet and novelist.
Trower was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, and came to Canada in 1940. He worked for 22 years as a logger and has been writing professionally since 1971.
Trower published three novels, more than ten books of poetry and numerous articles. One of his novels, Grogan's Cafe, is in pre-production for a film
In 1976, Trower was the subject of a CBC documentary titled Between the Sky and the Splinters, after his 1974 book of poetry of the same name.

Poetry

  • Moving Through the Mystery - Talonbooks - 1969
  • Between the Sky and the Splinters - Harbour - 1974
  • The Alders and Others - Harbour - 1976
  • Ragged Horizons - McClelland & Stewart - 1978
  • Bush Poems - Harbour - 1978
  • Goose quill Snags - Harbour - 1982
  • The Slidingback Hills - Oberon - 1986
  • Unmarked Doorways - Harbour - 1989
  • Where Roads Lead - Reference West - 1994
  • Hitting the Bricks - Ekstasis - 1997
  • Chainsaws in the Cathedral - Ekstasis - 1999
  • A Ship Called Destiny - Ekstasis - 2000
  • There Are Many Ways - Ekstasis - 2002
  • Haunted Hills and Hanging Valleys: Selected Poems 1969-2004 - Harbour - 2004

Prose

  • Rough and Ready Times - Glassford - 1993
  • Grogan's Cafe - Harbour - 1993
  • Dead Man's Ticket - Harbour - 1996
  • The Judas Hills - Harbour - 2000
  • Hellhound on his Trail & other stories - Ekstasis - 2008

Editor

  • Witches and Idiots
  • ''Raincoast Chronicles''

Anthology contributions

  • Best Poems - 1967
  • West Coast Seen
  • Kites and Cartwheels
  • Listen
  • Skookum Wa Wa
  • Storm Warning 2
  • Raincoast Chronicles First Five
  • A Government Job at Last
  • Western Windows
  • Who Owns the Earth
  • Assault on the Worker
  • Poems for a Snow-eyed Country
  • For Openers
  • Going for Coffee
  • Raincoast Chronicles Six/Ten
  • British Columbia/A Celebration
  • Soul of a City
  • Vancouver Poetry
  • Vancouver and its Writers
  • Strong Voices
  • Paperwork
  • Oberon Poetry
  • Vancouver
  • Songs from the Wild
  • Because You Loved Being a Stranger
  • Witness to Wilderness
  • Raincoast Chronicles Eleven Up
  • ''Earle Birney - A Tribute''

Periodical contributions

  • Poetry
  • Poetry Australia
  • Prism International
  • West Coast Review
  • This Magazine
  • Canadian Poetry Magazine
  • Vancouver Magazine
  • West World
  • Equity
  • Western Living
  • Raincoast Chronicles
  • The Georgia Straight
  • Sunshine Coast News
  • Business Logger
  • ''B. C. Studies''

Discography

  • Sidewalks & Sidehills - 2003
  • Kisses In the Whiskey - 2004

Projects in Progress