Newfoundland poet
Maggie Burton is a writer, professional violinist, and municipal politician. Burton holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Memorial University and has spent much of her career playing with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. Burton's debut book of poetry,
Chores (Breakwater Books, 2023) [
see Michael Greenstein's review at The Seaboard Review;
Jasmine Morris' review at ROOM magazine;
E.R. Zarevich's review at Atlantic Books] was awarded
the 2024 Griffin Canadian First Book Prize, received a silver medal in poetry from the Independent Publisher Book Awards, and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Burton’s writing often explores the social and physical realities surrounding women’s domestic labour, sexuality, and relationships through a queer, feminist, working class lens.
Catch a video of Griffin Poetry Prize Trustee Karen Solie interviewing Burton here,
and a video of Pádraig Ó Tuama interviewing Burton here, both through the Griffin Poetry Prize. Recent poems can be found online at
Horseshoe Journal,
Newfoundland Quarterly,
Petal Journal,
the "Tuesday poem" series,
the government of Newfoundland and Labrador website and via
The League of Canadian Poets' poetry pause series,
with further links on her website. Burton lives in St. John’s where she is raising her four young children.
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