Pat Lowther Memorial Award
A Quiet Coming of Light: A Poetic Memoir was a finalist for this award recognizing Canadian women poets.
The life behind the work
Jude Neale is a Canadian poet, author, former opera singer, spoken-word performer, mentor, creative writing teacher, photographer and painter who lives on Bowen Island, British Columbia.
She is Bowen Island’s inaugural Poet Laureate and the author of seventeen poetry collections. Her work is shaped by a musical ear and a close attention to family, memory, grief, humour, the natural world and the charged moments that make a life.
In 2020, Jude served as writer-in-residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House, where she wrote Inside the Pearl. Her teaching and mentoring are part of the same creative practice: helping people find the essential voice of a poem and the courage to speak it aloud.
Selected recognition
SPM Publications Poetry Book Competition
Splendid in Its Silence won publication in the United Kingdom.
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Prize
Jude’s poem “Blue Bowl” was a finalist for the Irish international award.
Historic Joy Kogawa House
Jude was writer-in-residence in 2020 and wrote Inside the Pearl during the residency.
Authoritative profiles and interviews
These independent literary and cultural organizations document Jude’s work and career.