And the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize Goes to: Jane Munro!

Congratulations to Jane Munro who is the winner of the prestigious, Canadian literary award this year. Her most recent, and sixth collection of poetry, is Blue Sonoma. In the collection's frank and emotive, lyric voice, Munro ruminates on her husband's death from Alzheimer's disease. More:

Jane Munro, whose latest book was born out of her long-time partner’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, is the winner of this year’s Griffin Poetry Prize.

Ms. Munro, who lives in Vancouver, was honoured on Thursday for her sixth collection of poetry, Blue Sonoma, published by Brick Books – the first title published by the small poetry press in London, Ont., to capture the award since 2003.

“It’s very easy as a Canadian poet to feel invisible,” she said after her win. “And all of a sudden to be bursting out of that cocoon of invisibility, to be visible, means that the poems are going to be there to give whatever they can give to more people.”

The judges called the book a “hauntingly candid” exploration “of the hard truths of growing old” and praised Ms. Munro’s “earthy voice, colloquial wit, and acute descriptive powers.”

The author of five previous volumes of poetry, including Active Pass, Point No Point, and Daughters, Ms. Munro has also published a book, Whisk, with the poetry collective Yoko’s Dogs. [...]

Learn more about this year's Griffin winners at The Globe and Mail.