Douglas Kearney reads from Sho
Listen to the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize International winner, Douglas Kearney, read a poem from his award-winning book, Sho (Wave Books).
2020 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
This short film celebrates our 2020 shortlisted poets and announces the International and Canadian winners of the prize.
2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
In this film created by Lior Shamriz and Chloé Griffin, our 2021 finalists read brilliant poems from each of their shortlisted collections. We revealed our …
Eleanor Wachtel interviews Tolu Oloruntoba
In this in-depth interview with CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel, 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Canadian winner Tolu Oloruntoba shares some of his earliest memories, the influential role …
Eleanor Wachtel interviews Douglas Kearney
In this exclusive interview with CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel, 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize international winner Douglas Kearney delves into how hip-hop and Black vernacular traditions have …
2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
This film features our 2022 finalists reading poems from each of their shortlisted collections. At the end of the film, we reveal the 2022 Griffin …
Ian Williams interviews Tolu Oloruntoba
[Observation] has been a way to document my own landscape, my own past, and see if I can understand why I am the way I …
Ian Williams interviews Liz Howard
Writing this letter enabled me to grapple with the grief and the immensity of the circumstances that I found myself in. Liz Howard In this …