George Fetherling

Who is George Fetherling?

George Fetherling is a Canadian poet, novelist, and cultural commentator. One of the most prolific figures in Canadian letters, he has written or edited more than fifty books, including a dozen volumes of poetry, four book-length fictions, and a two-volume memoir. He lives in Toronto and Vancouver.

Fetherling was born in West Virginia, in the United States, on January 1, 1949. He moved to Canada at age eighteen. He started in the Canadian literary industry in 1966 in Toronto, where he was the first employee of publisher House of Anansi. Born Douglas, Fetherling began publishing under his father's name, George, in 1999. He began writing for the book reviews section of the Vancouver Sun in 2000. He is the author of British Columbia literary figure George Woodcock's only biography.

A study of Fetherling's books George Fetherling and His Work, edited by Linda Rogers, features essays by W. H. New, George Elliott Clarke, Brian Busby and others.