User:Glen Sorestad

Glen Sorestad is a Canadian poet who has been writing and publishing his poetry for almost forty years. Author of nearly 20 poetry books, including Leaving Holds Me Here: Selected Poems 1975-2000(Thistledown Press, 2001) and Blood & Bone, Ice & Stone(Thistledown Press, 2005), Sorestad has made his home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan since 1967. Sorestad is a Life Member of The League of Canadian Poets and was named Canada's first provincially appointed Poet Laureate in Saskatchewan in 2000.

Sorestad and his wife Sonia were co-founders of Thistledown Press in 1975 and remained with the publishing house until they retired from publishing in 2000. Sorestad has given public readings from his work in every province of Canada, in 17 states, as well as in France, Norway, Finland and Slovenia. His poetry has been translated into a half-dozen languages and has appeared in over 40 anthologies and textbooks. Apart from his extensive poetry publishing credits, he has also written and published many short stories and and other prose pieces. One of his stories was filmed for television by Bravo TV.

Sorestad was a recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003 for his contributions to Canadian writing and publishing.