Randall Maggs

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Randall Maggs, MA, Ph D. is a Canadian poet and professor of English Literature at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College of Memorial University, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. He is editor of poetry and Artistic Director of the March Hare.

Maggs' recent work has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review (2006) and The March Hare Anthology (Breakwater, 2007). His latest collection of poems, entitled Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems, was published by Brick Books and launched in early 2008 at the Hockey Hall of Fame. He has co-edited two anthologies of Irish and Newfoundland & Labrador poetry: However Blow the Winds (WIT & Scop, 2004) and The Echoing Years, published in 2007.

Maggs' close connection with Ireland was recognized in the Spring of 2007 when he was awarded a Coracle Fellowship to work in that country. An accomplished woodworker, he took part in the 2001 Ireland/Newfoundland exhibition, Wood: A Sculptual Investigation. One of his major pieces is the Black Rod used in Canadian Senate ceremonies. ^[1]