Jay Macpherson Fiction found in forgotten books and

found in forgotten books and century-old magazines

Canadian publishers include Douglas and McIntyre

borrowing from the work of Ted Hughes

a love story set in the underground resistance to the Soviet Union in the forties

rollicking rhymes

Jay Macpherson Fiction found in forgotten books andJay Macpherson (1931 2012) was an author, publisher and educator central to the development of Canadian mythopoetry in the 1950s and 60s. She became the first Canadian to win Poetry magazines Levinson prize in 1957. In 1958 she won the Governor Generals Award for Poetry for The Boatman. In addition to her verse, Macpherson was the founder of Emblem Books and an instructor at The University of Torontos Victoria College. Macpherson died in March of 2012.