Aislinn Hunter

Aislinn Hunter BFA, MFA is a Canadian poetry and fiction author.

Life
Born in Belleville, Ontario, Hunter is married and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

She studied art history and writing at the University of Victoria where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Her Master of Fine Arts degree came from the University of British Columbia. She currently teaches Creative Writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and she divides her time between Canada and the U.K. where she is finishing a Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh.

Recognition

 * 1996: nominee, Journey Prize Nominee (poetry)
 * 1996: nominee, National Book Award (fiction)
 * 2000: nominee, National Magazine Award Nominee (poetry)
 * 2002: winner, Gerald Lampert Award, Into the Early Hours
 * 2002: shortlisted, The Danuta Gleed Award, What's Left Us
 * 2002: finalist, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, Into the Early Hours
 * 2003: finalist, Books in Canada/Amazon First Novel Award, Stay
 * 2002: shortlisted, ReLit Award, What's Left Us
 * 2004: shortlisted, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, The Possible Past
 * 2004: shortlisted, Pat Lowther Award, The Possible Past
 * 2004: shortlisted, ReLit Prize for Poetry, The Possible Past

Publications

 * 2001: Into the Early Hours. Polestar, 2001. ISBN 1-55192-498-6
 * 2001: What's Left Us. Raincoast, 2001. ISBN 1-55192-412-9
 * 2002: Stay. Raincoast, 2002. ISBN 1-55192-568-0
 * 2004: The Possible Past. Polestar, 2004. ISBN 1-55192-721-7
 * 2009: ''A Peepshow with Views of the Interior (lyric essays). Palimpsest Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9784917-6-5