Garth von Buchholz



Garth von Buchholz is a Canadian poet, author of fiction and non-fiction, and playwright.

Life
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, British Columbia. He currently lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. He received his undergraduate arts degree at the University of Winnipeg in 1994 and started his graduate studies in English Literature at the University of Manitoba in 1995.

He began his career in print publishing as a writer and editor in 1988, and then later launched a new career in web publishing in the mid-1990s when he started an Internet research and publishing company called Global Island. He earned his Certified Usability Analyst credentials from Human Factors International and has worked as a website communications manager for Investors Group (IGM Financial) and as the first corporate web manager for the City of Winnipeg.

As a creative writer, his works include a book of poetry called Mad Shadows that was published in 2010. His plays include Land of Milk and Honey, which was professionally workshopped in 1994 by the Manitoba Association of Playwrights at Prairie Theatre Exchange. His poetry and short stories have been published in many print and online journals. In addition to his literary writing, von Buchholz has written numerous arts and entertainment reviews as a professional journalist and critic for several newspapers and magazines, such as Maclean's magazine, Prairie Fire, The Globe and Mail and Dance Magazine.

He was the dance critic for the Winnipeg Free Press from 1990 to 2004, where he also covered theater, films, music, art and books. He is credited as a writer in several non-fiction books, such as The Encyclopedia of Manitoba (2007), Return of the Raven ref> (2009) and Horror Prodigies and Legends (2010). Currently, he is a book reviewer for the New York Journal of Books in New York City.

In 2009, he produced the Edgar Allan Poe 200 Project, a popular online resource celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of 19th century author Edgar Allan Poe. In 2010, he founded Poe International, an international social network for fans of Poe and his literary works. In 2010, he founded a new quarterly literary magazine of dark poetry, Dark Eye Glances, which published its first issue in June 2010.

Von Buchholz is a board member of Ballet Victoria and a former board member of Canadian Culture Online (Culture.ca), the University of Winnipeg's Global College and Arts and Cultural Industries of Manitoba Inc.

Publications

 * Mad Shadows (2010)
 * Miracle Revival Meeting (2010)
 * Land of Milk and Honey (2009)
 * The Song of Songs (2009)
 * 13 Dark Poems (2008)
 * Anthologies, Chapbooks, Magazines, Newspapers and Online Journals (1988–2010)