Ben Ladouceur is an author living on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation (Ottawa). His first book, Otter, was selected as a best book of 2015 by the National Post, nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, and awarded the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award; his second book, Mad Long Emotion, was awarded the Archibald Lampman Prize. He is the recipient of the Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBT+ writers, and a National Magazine Award for Poetry. His short fiction has been featured in the Journey Prize Anthology and awarded the Thomas Morton Prize.
His third book, a novel called I Remember Lights, will be out in 2025 through Book*Hug Press. He is represented by Marilyn Biderman at Transatlantic Agency.
Quick links:
Short essay on Canada’s LGBT+ Purge
Two poems on Poetry Foundation site
Recording – Atwater Poetry reading
Ben Ladouceur 