Alan Cumyn
Photo by Gwen Cumyn
Alan Cumyn is the author of wide-ranging and often wildly different literary novels for children, young adults and adults. A two-time winner of the Ottawa Book Award, he has also had work shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award, the Giller Prize, and the Trillium Award. He teaches through the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a past Chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada. In 2016 he received the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Vicky Metcalf Award for body of work for young people.
Writer's Festival Appearances
- Write On! Chapbook Showcase (2019)
- Seeing the Stars: Hope, Redemption and Resiliency (2019)
- Learning from the Future <br>with Alan Cumyn, <br>Mary Branley <br>and JonArno Lawson (2017)
- Connaught Public School Showcase <br> with Alan Cumyn, Mary Branley <br>and Deborah Kigjugalik Webster (2017)
- National Gallery of Canada <br>Creative Writing Workshop <br>with Alan Cumyn (2015)