Marianne Paul

A prominent writer of short-form poetry, Marianne Paul has been published in haiku and tanka journals world-wide. Her recent chapbook, Body Weight, is a collection of the poet's haiku and art, published in 2019 by Human/Kind Press. Paul haswon numerous awards for her writing, most recently the Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition (for art and short poetry combined, mixed media category), the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Festival Haiku Invitational (Canadian Division) and the Shambhala Times Midwinter Haiku contest. Her haiku recently appeared in a chapbook from The League of Canadian Poets, and in the poetry page of The Literary Review of Canada. Her haibun (prose and poetry blend) has been chosen by a selection panel for inclusion in the prestigious Red Moon anthology for writing that was published in 2019. Her novels - Tending Memory, Twice in a Blue Moon and Dead Girl Diaries - are published by BookLand Press, as well as her inaugural book of poetry, Above and Below the Waterline. Marianne lives in Kitchener, Ontario.