Stephen Collis

Stephen Collis is the author of fifteen books of poetry and prose, including The Commons (2008), the BC Book Prizewinning On the Material (2010), and Almost Islands: Phyllis Webb and the Pursuit of the Unwritten (2018) ll published by Talonbooks. In 2019 Collis was the recipient of the Writers' Trust of Canada Latner Poetry Prize. A History of the Theories of Rain (2021), a finalist for the Governor General's Award for poetry, and The Middle (2024) are the first two volumes of a trilogy which the forthcoming Sweet Vernal Grass will complete. Knock Down House, an experimental memoir, was published by Pamenar Press in 2025. In 2026 Collis will deliver the Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poet Lecture at Vancouver Island University. He lives on Burnaby Mountain, unceded Coast Salish Territory, and teaches poetry and poetics at Simon Fraser University.