Todd Swift

Todd Swift (born April 8, 1966) is a Canadian poet, editor, cultural activist and university lecturer based in the United Kingdom.

Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec. He received a BA in English from Concordia University and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia.

While attending university, Swift was one of Canada's most successful parliamentary debaters. He was President of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate and twice won the award for Top Speaker at the McGill University Winter Carnival Debating Tournament, as well as many other awards.

Swift is the author or editor of numerous collections of poetry. His works have been translated into Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian and Korean. He has written for a number of publications, poems and reviews appearing in journals such as "The Dubliner", "The Globe and Mail", "Books In Canada", "Poetry London" and "The Guardian".

Since 2004 he has been Oxfam Great Britain's Poet-in-residence. [ [http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/online/poetry.htm Oxfam] ] He is a core tutor with The Poetry School. He is a lecturer in Creative Writing and English Literature at Kingston University, England.

Bibliography

Poetry (selected pamphlets)

*"The End of the Century" - 1990
*"The Cone of Silence" - 1991
*"American Standard" - 1996
*"Elegy for Anthony Perkins" - 2001
*"The Oil and Gas University" - 2004
*"Natural Curve" - 2006

Poetry (full collections)

*"Budavox" - 1999
*"Café Alibi" - 2002
*"Rue du Regard" - 2004
*"Winter Tennis" - 2007
*"Seaway: New and Selected Poems" - 2008

Anthologies

*"Map-makers' Colours: New Poets of Northern Ireland" - 1988 (with Martin Mooney)
*"Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry" - 1998 (with Regie Cabico)
*"Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry" - 2002 (with Phil Norton)
*"100 Poets Against the War" - 2003
*"In the Criminal's Cabinet" - 2004
*"Future Welcome: The Moosehead Anthology X" - 2005
*"Life Lines: Poets for Oxfam" - 2006 (Audio CD)
*"Life Lines 2: Poets for Oxfam" - 2007 (Audio CD)

References

External links

* [http://www.toddswift.com Official Site]
* [http://toddswift.blogspot.com/ Blog]