Anna Quon

Anna Quon is a Canadian poet and novelist from Nova Scotia, currently serving as the Poet Laureate of Halifax since 2024. She is the author of three novels, the first of which was released in 2009. She wrote and produced the film Me & My Teeth in 2022, with financial support from the Lunenburg Doc Fest.

Biography

Quon is from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She published her first novel, Migration Songs, through Invisible Publishing in 2009. The book was the winner of the Salty Ink Judge a Book By Its Cover Contest in 2010. In 2013, she released her next novel, Low, also published by Invisible. Her 2022 novel Where The Silver River Ends explores themes of self discovery and prejudice, and re-introduced characters from her previous two novels.

In 2022, Quon was awarded CA$20,000 by the Lunenburg Doc Fest to go towards production of her film, Me & My Teeth. The film premiered the following year at the 2023 Lunenburg Doc Fest.

Quon was appointed as the ninth Poet Laureate of Halifax on 23 April 2024, serving until 2027.

Publications

• Quon, Anna (2009). Migration Songs. Halifax, NS: Invisible Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9782-1856-0. OCLC 434559531.
• — (2013). Low. Halifax, NS: Invisible Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9267-4332-5. OCLC 825745557.
• — (2021). Body Parts. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press. ISBN 978-1-5544-7222-2. OCLC 1251928732.
• — (2022). Where The Silver River Ends. Halifax, NS: Invisible Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9887-8487-8. OCLC 1262124253.

References

Sources

• [CBC Books] (28 December 2021). "Where the Silver River Ends". CBC Books. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Chan, Audrey (22 November 2022). "Emerging Halifax filmmaker explores connection between teeth and mental health". Signal Halifax. Archived from the original on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Colbert, Jade (16 September 2013). "Four books from Canada's small presses". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Flinn, Sue Carter (24 September 2009). "Migration Songs, Anna Quon (Invisible Publishing)". The Coast. Halifax, NS. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Godfrey, Laura (5 March 2010). "Salty Ink's Judge a Book By Its Cover Contest winner announced". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• [HRM] (23 April 2024). "Anna Quon named new municipal poet laureate". Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Lawlor, Allison (23 January 2022). "THE BOOK SHELF: Where the Silver River Ends delves into prejudice and self discovery". PNI Atlantic News. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• [National Post] (19 July 2013). "Book Review: Low, by Anna Quon". National Post. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• [Poetry in Canada]. "Anna Quon". Poetry in Canada. Vancouver, BC. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Price, Melanie (23 April 2024). "Halifax Regional Municipality names new poet laureate". CTV News. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Steinberg, Sarah (December 2009). "Migration Songs". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• [WFNS] (30 August 2024). "Author Spotlight: Anna Quon". writers.ns.ca. Halifax, NS: Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

Further reading

Articles

• [CBC News] (26 January 2021). "Writer Anna Quon finds joy in the memory of an old attic loft apartment". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• MacAskill, Annick (2021). "On Mad Poetics, Chapbooks, and Describing the Ineffable: An Interview with Anna Quon". Room. Vancouver, BC. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Quon, Anna (28 March 2019). "Anna Quon tells people she is Mad. Her poem captures their reaction". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Quon, Anna (2 May 2020). "A Halifax poet wrote 48 poems in less than two weeks of the pandemic". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
• Walsh, Sydney (11 September 2023). "Anna Quon, Low, and the 'purpose' of psychosis". VOICES. Atlantic Books. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

Audio and video

• [AMI-TV] (19 August 2021). Anna Quon: Maker of Messes, AMI-TV Documentary. Accessible Media Inc. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via YouTube.

External links

• Works by Anna Quon at Open Library
• Anna Quon at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers