Blaine Marchand (born 1949 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian writer.[1] Marchand has published poetry, non-fiction and a novel.
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A longtime program manager with the Canadian International Development Agency, some of his writing has been inspired by his international travels with the organization.[2] In 2012 he was guest editor of an issue of the Canadian poetry magazine Vallum dedicated to poets from Pakistan.[2]
From 1992 to 1994 he was president of the League of Canadian Poets.[1] He was also a co-founder of the Ottawa Independent Writers, the Ottawa Valley Book Festival and the Canadian Review, and a regular columnist for Ottawa's LGBT newspaper Capital Xtra!.
Openly gay,[1] he lives in Ottawa.[1]
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