An immigrant to Canada, Brian had lived on three continents before he was four years old. He has travelled across Canada numerous times, by train, bus and car, and has lived in four provinces, on two coasts and in Nunavut. Brian recognizes his debt to the land he inhabits and the ancestral land stewards. He is grateful to live, work and write on the Mi'kmaq district of Kespukwitk, in south-western Nova Scotia, Canada.
Brian has been writing poetry since 1985, and creative nonfiction essays since 2009. Brian has had the great fortune to study under writers like bpNichol, Eli Mandel, Victor Coleman, Brian Bartlett, Barbara Carey, Sheree Fitch and Jenna Butler. Lorri Neilsen Glenn mentored Brian through the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia, Emerging Writers Mentorship Program (2010); and Phoebe Wang mentored Brian through the Diaspora Dialogues short form mentorship in 2021. Brian has won awards for writing and has had his poetry and essays published in the Fiddlehead, Existere Journal of Arts and Literature, the Willow Herb Review, Rooted 2 The Best in Arboreal Non Fiction, Anchor, and Salt Scapes Magazine. He is currently writing a manuscript of essays about identity, home, lineage, liminal spaces, and outdoor-based practices for healing and reconnection. His connection and relationship with the more-than-human world is an anchor in his writing.
Brian is also a singer-songwriter and performs at local farmers markets and events. He and his family live in a straw-bale house he built on an old farm property. His follies include restoring a 150-year old barn, growing an arboretum, working on a variety of stone-wall and stone circle projects, and canoeing in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area.
Brian has been writing poetry since 1985, and creative nonfiction essays since 2009. Brian has had the great fortune to study under writers like bpNichol, Eli Mandel, Victor Coleman, Brian Bartlett, Barbara Carey, Sheree Fitch and Jenna Butler. Lorri Neilsen Glenn mentored Brian through the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia, Emerging Writers Mentorship Program (2010); and Phoebe Wang mentored Brian through the Diaspora Dialogues short form mentorship in 2021. Brian has won awards for writing and has had his poetry and essays published in the Fiddlehead, Existere Journal of Arts and Literature, the Willow Herb Review, Rooted 2 The Best in Arboreal Non Fiction, Anchor, and Salt Scapes Magazine. He is currently writing a manuscript of essays about identity, home, lineage, liminal spaces, and outdoor-based practices for healing and reconnection. His connection and relationship with the more-than-human world is an anchor in his writing.
Brian is also a singer-songwriter and performs at local farmers markets and events. He and his family live in a straw-bale house he built on an old farm property. His follies include restoring a 150-year old barn, growing an arboretum, working on a variety of stone-wall and stone circle projects, and canoeing in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area.