Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia

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The '''Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia''' is a [[poet laureate]] position appointed by the municipal government of the [[Halifax Regional Municipality]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.<ref name=macleod>[https://ift.tt/2PGKedF "Halifax names first Poet Laureate"]. [[CBC News]], May 29, 2001.</ref> The position was first created in 2001,<ref name=macleod/> and has been held by eight poets as of 2020.<ref name=goyette>Stephen Cooke, [https://ift.tt/3kw9Bgs "Sue Goyette named Halifax’s new poet laureate"]. ''[[Halifax Chronicle-Herald]]'', April 28, 2020.</ref>

==Poets Laureate==
*[[Sue MacLeod]] (2001-2005)<ref name=macleod/>
*[[Lorri Neilsen Glenn]] (2005-2009)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2XRrX1U "6 books coming in November we can't wait to read"]. [[CBC Books]], November 2, 2017.</ref>
*[[Shauntay Grant]] (2009-2011)<ref>Carsten Knox, [https://ift.tt/2DFguvl "My summer: Shauntay Grant, poet, broadcaster"]. ''[[The Coast]]'', June 18, 2009.</ref>
*[[Tanya Davis]] (2011-2013)<ref>"Davis returns to province". ''[[The Telegraph-Journal]]'', June 10, 2011.</ref>
*[[El Jones]] (2013-2015)<ref>Catharine Tunney, [https://ift.tt/2XRrXyW "El Jones, Halifax's poet laureate, moving to Iowa for work"]. [[CBC News]], July 16, 2015.</ref>
*[[Rebecca Thomas (poet)|Rebecca Thomas]] (2015-2018)<ref>Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird, [https://ift.tt/2DDxi5O "Reason and rhyme: meet Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate"]. ''[[The Coast]]'', March 24, 2016.</ref>
*[[Afua Cooper]] (2018-2020)<ref>Brett Bundale, [https://ift.tt/3kw9C40 "Best-selling author Afua Cooper appointed Halifax's new poet laureate"]. [[CIWW|1310 News]], April 23, 2018.</ref>
*[[Susan Goyette]] (2020-present)<ref name=goyette/>

==References==


==External links==
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[[Category:Canadian Poets Laureate| Halifax]]
[[Category:Culture of Halifax, Nova Scotia]]

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