sophie anne edwards (she/her/settler) is an interdisciplinary environmental artist, writer, geographer and gardener who lives on Mnidoo Mnising | Manitoulin Island. Her field- and installation-based practice focuses on the complexities of local ecosystems; she works with, between and through a range of materials, from textiles and grasses, to typewriters and gouache. She is grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. Her work has been published in a number of literary publications, and by the small yet mighty Gap Riot and Blasted Tree presses. Her hybrid poetry book, Conversations with the Kagawong River (Talonbooks), was included on the 2024 most anticipated fall release lists of both CBC and Quill & Quire. She was longlisted for Omnidawn’s 1st/2nd book prize (2024), longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize (2021), and shortlisted for ARC poetry magazine’s 2019 poem of the year.
