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.