John B. Lee

John Busteed Lee (born 1951) is a Canadian author and poet who is Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario.

He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry.

Born in Highgate, Ontario, Lee was raised on a farm near the village of Highgate.

He went to Ridgetown District High School, where he wrote some of his earliest poems and has been named to the RDHS Hall of Excellence along with other distinguished alumni.

He attended the University of Western Ontario where he received an Honours B.A. in English, and a BEd and M.A.T. in English.

In 2005 John B. Lee was named Poet Laureate of the City of Brantford in perpetuity.

He was named Member of the President's Circle of McMaster University and his personal collection of Canadian Poetry was donated to the City Library where it is available for circulation under the title "The Poet Laureate Collection".

Lee is the recipient of the following awards:

He is also an honorary life member of the following associations:

In 2010 he was received the UWO Alumni Award of Merit for Professional Achievement in recognition for his career as a poet/author/editor/performer/mentor.

Lee is the author of thirty-seven published books and ten published chapbooks and he is the editor of nearly ten published anthologies.

A popular performer of children's poems and songs, he has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Windsor, Kitchener Public Library, and Hillfield Strathallen private school.

Lee has also been a visiting professor at University of Western Ontario, University of Windsor, Canador College, and a guest speaker at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and many universities throughout Canada and the United States.

"In This We Hear the Light," Hidden Brook Press, 2014

"Burning My Father," Black Moss Press, 2014

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"Window Fishing: the Night We Caught Beatlemania," Hidden Brook Press, 2014