Writing
I am a self-taught poet who picked up the pen at age eight…
…and who has never been able to put it down for long, since.
My first book of poetry, Two Doors, is available from Clare Songbirds Publishing House! You can order online from Barnes & Noble or from Amazon.
John Oughton, a writer beloved across Canada, was generous enough to write the following about the book:
“Julia Gibson’s debut collection takes us inside the mind of a poet without borders. For her, “ordinary flutters of existence” are portals to the greater universe, as well as the worlds inside another. Slipping in some subtle rhymes, sometimes echoing Hopkins, other times hearing Mary Oliver’s open heart, she weaves her own music eloquently.”
John Oughton, author of Time Slip and Mata Hari’s Last Words
Excerpt from Two Doors
PUBLICATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL POEMS
- “Pale-Fire Sky” (2022) – Good River Review
- “Last Chance for Sandwich Bread (2021) – High Shelf Press
- “Indelible Gothic” (2021) – Poetry Pause
- “Bumbacity” (2021) – Prairie Fire
- “Being Seen” (2021) – Vallum
- “Lungs” (2021) – Poetry Pause
- “Staying Put” (2019) – Ink, Sweat and Tears
- “Tenebrous” (2008) – Black Cat Poems
- “A Thought” (2008) – Black Cat Poems
UPCOMING APPEARANCES
TBD
PAST APPEARANCES
February 23, 2020: Brief reader, Draft Readings
December 3, 2019: Featured reader, Wild Writers
October 1, 2019: Featured reader, The Art Bar
ACTIVITIES
Regular attendee and reader: Draft Readings, The Art Bar, Rowers, and Common Readings series in Toronto
Member, The League of Canadian Poets
Member, The Academy of American Poets
BOOK REVIEWS
My present availability for writing reviews is roughly one per season.
An example of my review work for Tupelo Press is available here
IRONS IN THE FIRE
Most of my writing activity to-date is poetical in nature, though I have also made forays into the short story and parable forms. My next book-length poetry project is in progress. One day I’d like to become a sci-fi writer to indulge my recreational love of theoretical physics.