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108:(April 28, 1950 – January 17, 2024) was a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and novelist. Brett wrote and published extensively, starting in the late 1960s, and he worked as an editor for several publishing firms, including the Governor-General's Award-winning
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Brett inaugurated the B.C. Poetry-in-the-Schools program, which for several years introduced students to world poetry. He has presented many writing workshops across Canada.
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to mitigate the effects of
Kallmann syndrome, which included pain and osteoporosis. Brett died on January 17, 2024, at the age of 73.
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Brett began writing in the 1960s. In the early 1970s, he worked as a freelance journalist and critic for
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In May 2005, Brett became chair of the
Writers' Union of Canada.
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Directions for the Lost- The Talking Songs of Brian Brett
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Wild Rivers of the Yukon's Peel
Watershed: A Traveller's Guide
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The Heart Does Break: Canadian
Writers on Grief and Mourning
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Canadian poet, journalist, editor and novelist (1950–2024)
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In 2016, the
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586:(Poetry & Prose), Commcept Publishing Ltd., 1977.
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633:"Book review: Author Brian Brett shows beak form"
494:Three Rivers: The Yukon's Great Boreal Wilderness
508:(Natural History Essays) Thistledown Books 2002.
556:(Short Stories), White Pine Press, U.S.A.,1993.
544:(Poetry & Prose), Arsenal Pulp Press, 1994.
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574:(Poetry), Polestar Press, 1986.
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343:Allegories of Love and Disaster
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592:(Poetry), MacLeod Books, 1977.
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560:The Last Map Is The Heart
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275:Matt Cohen Lifetime Award
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580:(Poetry), The Ark, 1980.
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