Ben Ladouceur is an author living on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation (Ottawa). His first novel, I Remember Lights, received the Foreword Indies LGBTQ+ Book of the Year Award and was nominated for the Amazon First Novel Award. He is also the author of two poetry collections: Otter, selected as a best book of 2015 by the National Post, awarded the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and nominated for a Lambda Literary Award; and Mad Long Emotion, awarded the Archibald Lampman Prize.
He is the recipient of the Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBT+ writers, a National Magazine Award for Poetry, and a bpNichol Chapbook Award nomination. His short fiction has been featured in the Journey Prize Anthology and awarded the Thomas Morton Prize. He has completed writer’s residencies at the Al Purdy A-Frame and the University of Ottawa, where he has also taught creative writing. He is represented by Marilyn Biderman at Transatlantic Agency.
Quick links:
Starred Quill & Quire review of I Remember Lights
Two poems on Poetry Foundation site
Recording – Atwater Poetry reading
Ben Ladouceur 