Marty Gervais

Marty Gervais is a Canadian poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press. he lives in Windsor, Ontario.

He has published plays, children's books, non-fiction and a book of photography, A Show of Hands: Boxing on the Border (2004). In 1998, he won the prestigious Toronto’s Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contributions to Canadian letters and to emerging writers. In 1996, he was awarded the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award for his book, Tearing Into A Summer Day. That book was awarded the City of Windsor Mayor’s Award for literature. Gervais won this award again in 2003 for another collection, To Be Now: New and Selected Poems. He has also been the recipient of 16 Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for journalism.

In 2006 Gervais and his work were the subject of an episode of the television series Heart of a Poet produced by Canadian filmmaker Maureen Judge.

In May 2009, Lucky Days: New Poems appeared from Mosaic Press.

Appearances at BookFestWindsor:
November 3, 7:30 p.m. (Wilkinson)
November 5, 9:30 a.m. (Valiant Suite)