Budde, Robert
PhD (University of Calgary)
Biography
Rob Budde teaches creative writing at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George. He has published eight books (poetry, novels, interviews, and short fiction). His most recent books are declining america (Book Thug, 2009) and Dreamland Theatre (Caitlin Press, 2014), which was shortlisted for the B.C. Books Prize Dorothy Livesay Award.
Research and Expertise
Research interests include creative writing pedagogy, creative writing, poetics, northern B.C. literature, Canadian literature, ecopoetry, ecocriticism, activism, anti-racism, Indigenization, and gender studies.
- Environment
- First Nations
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Human Rights
- Literature
- Northern Issues
- English
- Dakelh
Selected Publications
Authored
Panax (poetry). Vancouver: Talon, forthcoming 2026.
Dreamland Theatre (poetry). Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin, 2014. (shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize)
declining america. (poetry) Toronto: Book Thug, 2009.
Finding Ft. George (poetry) Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin: 2007.
Flicker. (short fiction) Winnipeg: Signature Editions, 2005.
Muddy Water: Conversations with 11 Poets (interviews) Winnipeg, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, Summer 2003
The Dying Poem (novel) Toronto: Coach House Books, 2002.
traffick (poetry) Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1999.
Misshapen (novel) Edmonton: NeWest Press, 1997. (edited by Rudy Wiebe)
Catch as Catch (poetry) Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1994.
Edited
The Answer to Everything: Selected Poems of Ken Belford. Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin, 2021.
The More Easily Kept Illusions: The Poetry of Al Purdy. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier UP, 2006.
The Forestry Diversification Project. Prince George: UNBC Press: 2006.