Barry Dempster

Barry Edward Dempster (born 17 January 1952) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

Dempster was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario.

Two of his collections, Fables For Isolated Men (1982) and The Burning Alphabet (2005), were nominated for Governor General's Awards. The Burning Alphabet (2005) won the Canadian Authors Association Jack Chalmers Poetry Award in 2006.

Dempster lives in Holland Landing, Ontario.

Bibliography

• Fables For Isolated Men - 1982 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Globe Doubts - 1983
• Real Places and Imaginary Men - 1984
• David and the Day Dreams - 1985
• Writing Home - 1989
• Positions to Pray In - 1989
• The Unavoidable Man - 1990
• The Ascension of Jesse Rapture - 1993
• Fire and Brimstone - 1997
• The Salvation of Desire - 2000
• The Words Wanting Out: Selected and New Poems - 2003
• The Burning Alphabet - 2005 (winner of the 2006 Canadian Authors Association Jack Chalmers Poetry Award and nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• "Love Outlandish" - 2009
• "Ivan's Birches" - 2009
• "Blue Wherever" - 2010