Fiona Tinwei Lam

Fiona Tinwei Lam has authored three poetry collections (Intimate Distances, Enter the Chrysanthemum, and Odes & Laments) and a children’s book (The Rainbow Rocket). She also edited The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems about Facing Cancer. 

She has collaborated on award-winning poetry videos that have screened internationally. Shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award and thrice selected for BC’s Poetry in Transit, her work appears in over 40 anthologies, including Best Canadian Poetry (2010, 2017 anniversary edition, and 2020).

She was recently appointed Vancouver's sixth Poet Laureate.