Katherine Leyton

Katherine Leyton is a Canadian poet,[1] whose debut collection All the Gold Hurts My Mouth won the ReLit Award for poetry in 2017.[2]

She has also served as poet-in-residence at the Al Purdy writers' retreat in Prince Edward County.[3]

In late March 2021, her three-year-old son Jude went missing in the bush near the family cottage in Westport, Ontario. The boy was found safe three days later.[4]

  1. ^ "Katherine Leyton seeks to teach strangers the value of verse". National Post, July 2, 2010.
  2. ^ Jane van Koeverden, "Kris Bertin wins ReLit Award for short story collection Bad Things Happen". CBC Books, July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Scott Reid, "Late poet Al Purdy's home a retreat for writers once again". Ottawa Citizen, October 31, 2014.
  4. ^ Josh Pringle and Kimberly Johnson, "'Miraculously defied all odds': Mother of missing toddler near Kingston, Ont. thanks searchers, provides update on Jude". CTV News Ottawa, April 2, 2021.