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Garry Thomas Morse has published several collections of poetry, notably Discovery Passages, about the history of his Kwakwaka’wakw Indigenous ancestors, shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. Prairie Harbour, a poetic epic set in Regina, was also shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award. His long poem, Scofflaw, was shortlisted for the 2022 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award.

Morse’s novels have gained critical attention for pushing the aesthetic envelope. He is the author of a speculative fiction series called The Chaos! Quincunx, and two of its three books have been nominated for the ReLit Award. He is also the author of two well-storied novels, Death in Vancouver and Yams Do Not Exist. His most recent work is a metafictional novel, Tulpa Mea Culpa.

Morse is the recipient of the 2008 City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist. He has also served as the 2018 Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto, and the 2019 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence at the University of Winnipeg.

Morse is the 2024-2025 Writer in Residence for the Saskatoon Public Library. For more information about the in-person multi-part workshops he is offering in Saskatoon, please check out the SPL Writer in Residence page.