About Joanna Streetly
Joanna Streetly is a Canadian poet whose work is published in “Best Canadian Poetry 2024,” “Best Canadian Essays 2017” and in anthologies, magazines and literary journals. Her latest book, “All of Us Hidden,” a collection of poetry published by Caitlin Press, is arriving this fall and available now for pre-order. Her memoir, “Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments on the Outer Coast”, is a BC Bestseller published by Caitlin Press. Other titles include “Paddling Through Time,” (Raincoast Books) “Silent Inlet” (Oolichan) as well as “This Dark” (poetry, Postelsia). She has won and been short-listed for the FBCW Literary Writes Poetry Contest, and been listed for The Spectator’s Shiva Naipaul Award for Outstanding Travel Writing and the Canada Writes Creative Non-fiction Prize. Joanna grew up in Trinidad and moved to Canada when she was 18. She has lived in the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht people since 1990 and was the 2018-2020 Tofino Poet Laureate. For more than thirty years, she has lived in a floating house she built herself.Browse all poems and texts published on Joanna Streetly
