John Stiles
John Stiles was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the author of the poetry collections Scouts are Cancelled and Creamsicle Stick Shivs, as well as the novels The Insolent Boy and Taking the Stairs. Featured on CBC's 'Q', Much Music, and TVO's 'Imprint', Stiles has also written for The Globe and Mail and The Literary Review of Canada. A documentary about Stiles and his poems in Scouts are Cancelled was festival pick in the Hot Docs festival in Toronto 2007 and won best Canadian documentary award in The Atlantic Film Festival in September 2007. Stiles lives with his wife in London, England.Poetry
- Creamsicle Stick Shivs,
- Scouts are Cancelled,
Novels
- Taking the Stairs,
- The Insolent Boy,
Anthologies
- Poet's Quest for God: 21st Century poems of faith doubt and wonder
- Outside Voices 2008 Anthology of Younger Poets
- Babylon Burning: 9/11 Five Years On
- New American Writing
- Doom, Desire and Vice,
- The I.V. Lounge Reader'',
Film
