This site is an excellent resource on Bowering with a good biography and a list of publications, critical materials, articles, and links to other sites. A great place to begin research on the author.

Canadian Content: Q&A with George Bowering
http://www.track0.com/cc/issues/0399bowering.html

Click here to browse "a forum for thoughts and rants on what Canada is (or isn't) from the inside and out." In this issue is an excellent question and answer session with the renowned Canadian writer by James Horner. Visit this page and Bowering will tell you his opinions regarding history and fiction, new writers, and the Canadian government.

Isibongo: George Bowering
http://www.uct.ac.za/projects/poetry/isibongo/vol1-1/bowering.htm

Described as "…a gorgeous poetry Webzine from South Africa," "Isibongo" showcases a few of Bowering's beautiful poems: "Our Friend," "Musing on Some Poets," "The Window," "History of Poets: Lord Jim," "Remember Them Alive," "The Citizens," "Scars," "Choices," and "Dusseldorf." An excellent site for quickly browsing the author's poetry.

University of Toronto: George Bowering
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/bowering/

Housed at the University of Toronto's library, this site is invaluable when studying Bowering in-depth. Here you'll find a revealing essay by the author on his writing philosophy, a quick biography, immediate access to six of his poems, a comprehensive list of his works (and criticism about these works), and contact information. You will also be able to link to many other important Websites about the author.

BIOGRAPHY
George Bowering (b. 1936) was born in British Columbia's Okangan Valley. After graduating high school, he became an aerial photographer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He received a B.A. in history and an M.A. in English from the University of British Columbia. While teaching at the University of Calgary, Bowering founded the literary magazine Iago, which ran from 1964 to 1974. He published his first volume of poetry, Sticks and Stones, in 1963. He published four more collections of poetry before the publication of his first novel, Mirror on the Floor (1967). He has published over 40 books of poetry, fiction, and criticism, including Rocky Mountain Foot (1968), The Gangs of Kosmos (1969), and Burning Water (1980), all of which won the Governor General's Literary Award. Since 1972 he has been a professor of English at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.