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Novels:

  • Mirror on the Floor, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1967.
  • A Short Sad Book, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1977.
  • Burning Water, Toronto, New York, General, 1980, 1983. Penguin, 1994.
  • En eaux troubles, Montreal, Quinze, 1982. Transl. L.-Philippe H�bert.
  • Caprice, Toronto, New York, Viking/Penguin, 1987, 1988. 2nd Ed. 1994.
  • Harry's Fragments, Toronto, Coach House Press, 1990.
  • Shoot!, Toronto, Key Porter, 1994. New York, St. Martin's, 1966.
  • Parents From Space, Montreal, Roussan, 1994. 2nd ed. 1996. Toronto, Scholastic, 1996. (YA).
  • Piccolo Mondo, Toronto, Coach House Books, 1998 (collaboration).
  • Diamondback Dog, Montreal, Roussan, 1998.

Stories:

  • Flycatcher & other stories, Ottawa, Oberon, 1974.
  • Concentric Circles, Windsor, Black Moss, 1977.
  • Protective Footwear, Toronto, M&S, 1978.
  • A Place to Die, Ottawa, Oberon, 1983.
  • The Rain Barrel, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1994.
  • Standing on Richards, Viking Canada, 2004.

Booklength Poems:

  • Sitting in Mexico, Calgary, Beaver Kosmos, 1965.
  • Baseball, Toronto, Coach House Press, 1967.
  • George,Vancouver, Kitchener, Weed/Flower, 1970.
  • Geneve, Toronto, Coach House, 1971.
  • Autobiology, Vancouver, New Star, 1972.
  • Curious, Toronto, Coach House, 1973.
  • At War With the U.S., Vancouver, Talon, 1974.
  • Allophanes, Toronto, Coach House, 1976.
  • Ear Reach, Vancouver, Alcuin, 1982,
  • Kerrisdale Elegies, Toronto, Coach House, 1984.
  • Elegie di Kerrisdale, Rome, Edizioni Empiria. Transl. Annalisa Goldoni. 1996.
  • His Life: a poem, Toronto, ECW Press, 2000.
  • Baseball: A poem in the magic number 9, Toronto, Coach House Books, 2003

Collections of Poems (including gathered long poems):

  • Sticks & Stones , Vancouver, Tishbooks, 1963.
  • Points on the Grid, Toronto, Contact Press, 1964.
  • The Man in Yellow Boots/ El hombre de las botas amarillas, Mexico, Ediciones El Corno, 1965.
  • The Silver Wire, Kingston, Quarry Press, 1966.
  • Rocky Mountain Foot, Toronto, M&S, 1969.
  • The Gangs of Kosmos, Toronto, House of Anansi, 1969.
  • Touch: selected poems 1960-1969, Toronto, M&S, 1971.
  • In the Flesh, Toronto, M&S, 1974.
  • The Catch, Toronto, M&S, 1976.
  • Poem & Other Baseballs, Windsor, Black Moss, 1976.
  • The Concrete Island, Montreal, Vehicule Press, 1977.
  • Another Mouth, Toronto, M&S, 1979.
  • Particular Accidents: selected poems, Vancouver, Talon, 1981.
  • West Window: selected poetry, Toronto, General, 1982.
  • Smoking Mirror, Edmonton, Longspoon, 1982.
  • Seventy-One Poems for People, Red Deer, RDC Press, 1985.
  • Delayed Mercy & other poems, Toronto, Coach House, 1986.
  • Sticks & Stones, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1989.
  • Urban Snow, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1992.
  • George Bowering Selected: Poems 1961-1992, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1993.
  • Blonds on Bikes, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 1997.
  • Po�mes et autres baseballs, Montreal. Tryptique, 1999 (collaboration).

Criticism:

  • Al Purdy, Toronto, Copp Clark, 1970.
  • Three Vancouver Writers, Toronto, Open Letter/Coach House, 1979.
  • A Way With Words, Ottawa, Oberon, 1982.
  • The Mask in Place, Winnipeg, Turnstone Press, 1983.
  • Craft Slices, Ottawa, Oberon, 1985.
  • Errata, Red Deer, RDC Press, 1988.
  • Imaginary Hand, Edmonton, NeWest Press, 1988.

Chapbooks:

  • How I Hear Howl, Montreal, Beaver Kosmos, 1967.
  • Two Police Poems, Vancouver, Talon, 1969.
  • The Sensible, Toronto, Massasauga, 1972.
  • Layers 1-13, Kitchener, Weed/Flower, 1973.
  • In Answer, Vancouver, William Hoffer, 1977.
  • Uncle Louis, Toronto, Coach House, 1980.
  • Spencer & Groulx, Vancouver, William Hoffer, 1985.
  • Quarters, Prince George, Gorse Press, 1991. (Winner, bp Nichol chapbook award 1991)
  • Do Sink, Vancouver, Pomflit, 1992.
  • Sweetly, Vancouver, Wuz, 1992.
  • Blondes on Bikes, Ottawa, Above Ground, 1997.
  • A, You're Adorable, Ottawa, Above Ground, 1998.
  • 6 Little Poems in Alphabetical Order, Calgary, House Press, 2000.
  • Some Writers, Calgary, House Press, 2001.
  • Joining the Lost Generation, Calgary, House Press, 2002.

Memoirs:

  • The Moustache: remembering Greg Curnoe, Toronto, Coach House, 1993.
  • Cars, Toronto, Coach House Books, 2002.
  • A Magpie Life,Toronto, Key Porter, 2001.

History:

  • Bowering's B.C., Toronto, Viking, 1996. Penguin, 1997.
  • Egotists and Autocrats, Toronto, Viking, 1999; Toronto, Penguin, 2000.
  • Stone Country, Penguin Canada, 2003.

Plays:

  • The Home for Heroes, Vancouver, Prism, 1962.
  • What Does Eddie Williams Want?, Montreal, CBC-TV, 1966.
  • George Vancouver, Vancouver, CBC radio network, 1972.
  • Sitting in Mexico, Vancouver, CBC radio network, 1973.
  • Music in the Park, Vancouver, CBC radio network, 1986.
  • The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissett's Mice, Vancouver, CBC radio network,1989.

Editions:

  • The 1962 Poems of R.S. Lane, Toronto, Ganglia Press, 1965.
  • Vibrations: poems of youth, Toronto, Gage, 1970.
  • The Story so Far, Toronto, Coach House, 1972.
  • Imago Twenty, Vancouver, Talon, 1974.
  • Cityflowers, by Artie Gold, Montreal, Delta Canada, 1974.
  • Letters from Geeksville: letters from Red Lane 1960-64, Prince George, Caledonia Writing Series, 1976.
  • Great Canadian Sports Stories, Ottawa, Oberon, 1979.
  • Fiction of Contemporary Canada, Toronto, Coach House, 1980.
  • Loki is Buried at Smoky Creek: selected poems of Fred Wah, Vancouver, Talon,1981.
  • My Body was Eaten by Dogs: selected poems of David McFadden, Toronto, M&S, New York, CrossCountry, 1981.
  • "1945-1980," in Introduction to Poetry: British, American, Canadian, David and Lecker, Toronto, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981.
  • The Contemporary Canadian Poem Anthology , Toronto, Coach House, 1983.
  • Sheila Watson and The Double Hook: the artist and her critics, Ottawa, Golden Dog Press, 1984.
  • Taking the Field:the best of baseball fiction, Red Deer, RDC Press, 1990.
  • Likely Stories: a postmodern sampler, Toronto, Coach House Press, 1992. With Linda Hutcheon.
  • An H in the Heart: Selected works of bpNichol, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1994. With Michael Ondaatje.
  • And Other Stories, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 2001.

Editor:

  • Tish, Vancouver, 1961-63.
  • Imago, Calgary, London, Montreal, Vancouver, 1964-1974.
  • Beaver Kosmos Folios, Calgary, London, Montreal, Vancouver, 1966-75.

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