Barwin taught music at Hillfield Strathallan College from 2001 to 2010. He also has taught creative writing in the Certificate in Writing Program at McMaster University. In addition to his many books, he is the author of numerous chapbooks, and pamphlets, many from his own Serif of Nottingham Editions. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies.
He lives with his wife and 3 children in Hamilton, Ontario, where he directs the Niagara Regional Rhyme Gland Laboratory for the National Rhyme Institute. His music and writing have been presented in Canada, the United States, Japan, and Europe.
Writing[]
He writes in a range of genres including poetry, fiction, visual and concrete poetry, music for live performers and computers, text & sound works, and writing for children and young adults.
Recognition[]
Barwin was the recipient of the 1998 Artist Award from the KM Hunter Foundation. Seeing Stars, a young adult (YA) novel, was a 2001 finalist for the CLA YA book of the year, and was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award. In 2010, Barwin was a co-winner (with Sandra Ridley) of the bpNichol Chapbook Award for his book Inverting the Deer (serif of nottingham, 2009).
Publications[]
Poetry[]
Edwin. Toronto: Serif of Nottingham, 1985.
Phases of the Harpsichord Moon. Toronto: Serif of Nottingham, 1985.
King Arthur Was a Mountie. Hamilton, ON: Serif of Nottingham, 1987.
A Million Dollars. Toronto: Serif of Nottingham, 1987.
The Birthday. Toronto: Gesture Press, 1988.
I Parked My Car behind Loblaws and Knew I Would Never Die: Poems. Toronto: Pink Dog Press, 1989.
Rover. St. Catharines, ON: Serif of Nottingham, 1989.
Balletto. St. Catharines, ON: Serif of Nottingham, [1989?]
Lunguage: A short history of breath. St. Catharines, ON: Serif of Nottingham, [1989?]
