Canadian Poets Series #29 : Britta B.
Born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, Britta Badour , better known as Britta B . is an award-winning artist, public speaker, and poet living in Toronto. Her debut poetry collection and audiobook, Wires that Sputter , was celebrated as a Trillium Book Award Finalist for Poetry, as well as shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and you can catch a variety of interviews and other press through her website . She’s currently serving as the Poet-in-Residence for Poems in Passage (responsible for the poems you see on your TTC commute), was recently a juror for the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize and is currently a juror for the League of Canadian Poets' 2026 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Britta holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph and teaches part-time at OCAD University. Catch her here on Instagram , Facebook or via YouTube .
