Charlie Petch is a Canadian writer and performer from Toronto, Ontario,[1] whose poetry collection Why I Was Late was the winner of the ReLit Award for poetry in 2022.[2]
Principally a spoken word poet, Petch was the founder of Hot Damn It's a Queer Slam and was Spoken Word Canada's poet of honour in 2017.[3] They have also written and performed a number of theatrical plays, most notably Mel Malarkey Gets the Bum's Rush.[1]
References
- 1 2 Victoria Mohr-Blakeney, "Happiest onstage: an interview with playwright and performer Charlie Petch". KawarthaNow, March 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Toronto poet Charlie Petch wins 2022 ReLit Award for poetry for debut collection Why I Was Late". CBC Books, May 6, 2022.
- ↑ "Why I Was Late". CBC Books, August 21, 2021.
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