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It is very profound to me that poems that I wrote in artistic isolation have been meaningful for readers who have been in a different kind of isolation. I hope the poems brought them some comfort, some ability to confront conflict, or at least some escape. There is a vindication in being read that is a key reward for artists. I am grateful for the witness borne to these perspectives that I was fortunate to have published. It however feels strange to be celebrating this win in the midst of so much devastation, most recently the BC floods. I want to celebrate, instead, my co-workers in these literary arts. I salute the work, and bravery, of all the authors and publishers that have put out books in this pandemic. I have read many of the 123 incredible books submitted for this year’s GG awards in poetry, and especially those of the other finalists: Hoa Nguyen, Rebecca Salazar, Stephen Collis, and Roxanna Bennett. It was a formidable cohort to be part of, and I hope readers continue to immerse themselves in these striking books. https://www.tolu.ca/about daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/1630646519066-X621UQIB9CQT370OSJEY/922880_10152353975665656_614389440_n.jpg about Tolu Oloruntoba is a project management person and lapsed physician from Ibadan, Nigeria. He is the author of The Junta of Happenstance (Palimpsest Press, 2021), Each One a Furnace, and Unravel (McClelland & Stewart, 2022, 2025). His work has won the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize and Governor General’s Literary Award for English Language Poetry. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, and writes poems in the small crevice between parenting two young children, working as a poetry and copy editor, and managing provincial healthcare projects. He is very tired. https://www.tolu.ca/contact daily 0.75 2024-11-12 https://www.tolu.ca/eachone daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/31685fa3-2f8c-4dc3-9673-4116c140c940/Each+one+a+Furnace_Tolu+Oloruntoba_cover+image.jpg EOAF - Each one a Furnace: Poems 2022, McClelland & Stewart | Penguin Random House Canada Finalist, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Winner, Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Award for BC Authors (Poetry Category) Second Place Winner, Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry https://www.tolu.ca/interviews daily 0.75 2026-01-29 https://www.tolu.ca/news daily 0.75 2026-01-29 https://www.tolu.ca/selected daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://www.tolu.ca/editorial-services daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://www.tolu.ca/collected daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/4721e9c5-73ef-4b51-be9e-c13ad4591688/AUE_Front+Cover.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/e719cd1b-aec5-4196-9b2b-72b27d87d4ba/9781990293832.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/da164c3e-a478-4dc2-ad97-df5d3ed58451/tempImageu8exRC.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/531387d0-85d9-4a8e-a826-b1cccb3855e7/Routledge+Handbook+of+Medicine+and+Poetry_cover.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/b65eecbf-20ae-47da-9cd0-f3014667a12b/better-next-year-cover-web-841031755.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/00a145bc-fa13-4adb-95ab-cf3201c5d9c6/9780776627854-3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/95c1f429-ec69-4783-b533-a0575b302edc/9781771965682.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/25d50d4a-ce65-431a-8542-ad93469dac00/9781772126815-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/bddc9120-5deb-4777-a964-ba90676f0d56/BNCImageAPI_a45f2f8f-4a97-4682-88ab-4e67af4ac1e9_1024x1024.jpeg https://www.tolu.ca/junta daily 0.75 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/87445dee-c349-4857-bc83-a4a52941ddf5/Side+Junta_with+GG+seal+%2B+Griffin+seal_high+res%281%29.jpeg TJoH - The Junta of Happenstance 2021, Anstruther Books | Palimpsest Press Winner, 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry in English Winner, 2022 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize CBC Books Best Canadian Poetry Book of 2021 https://www.tolu.ca/manubrium daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/1630648911882-86DD7YQSV4D17MXGIGXM/Manubrium.jpg Manubrium - Manubrium, a chapbook 2019, Anstruther Press Finalist, 2020 bpNichol chapbook award https://www.tolu.ca/reviews daily 0.75 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/eded7897-9234-4778-9045-7c2dcaa70496/9780771013966.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/a30b47c5-60d0-4587-9fe6-76b6936e953e/Each+one+a+Furnace_Tolu+Oloruntoba_cover+image.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/197e058d-5fb9-4ea7-a1a9-833c58fc43dd/Side+Junta_with+GG+seal+%2B+Griffin+seal_high+res%281%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/1630648911882-86DD7YQSV4D17MXGIGXM/Manubrium.jpg https://www.tolu.ca/recordings daily 0.75 2026-01-19 https://www.tolu.ca/secondary-lit daily 0.75 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/5843fd5e-f885-4a1e-858c-115cc080299b/Bait+and+Switch+_+Johnstone+_+Cover.jpg Secondary Literature - Bait & Switch: Essays, Reviews, Conversations, and Views on Canadian Poetry 2024 | Porcupine’s Quill by Jim Johnstone “Bait & Switch considers origins, tracking the moments in my life that I came to poetry and editing, respectively, while thinking through the work of Ian Williams and Tolu Oloruntoba. That I count these two writers as friends has been one of the unexpected joys of exchanging my scientific beginnings for a writing life.” - Jim Johnstone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/9a175075-d2f3-44fa-8160-acb0a50073df/9781032047249.jpg Secondary Literature - Poetry in the Clinic: Towards a Lyrical Medicine 2021, Routledge | Taylor & Francis by Alan Bleakley, Shane Neilson Chapter 13, “Tactical ambiguity spelunking amidst Canadian physician-poets” examines some of my work. https://www.tolu.ca/eachone-1 daily 1.0 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9640114cd59c227cfeea36/925be800-08b6-4491-ac69-55b00536ea08/unravel_cover_FINAL_NBCC.jpg Unravel - Unravel 2025. McClelland & Stewart | Penguin Random House Canada A CBC Books Best Canadian Poetry Book of 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A poetic exploration of the cyclical philosophy of dismantling and remaking, Unravel is a moving and inventive rove through what could happen in the deconstructed aftermath of person and world.