Nancy Holmes (born February 9, 1959) is aCanadianpoet andeducator.^[1]

Holmes was born inEdmonton and went to high school inToronto. She then attended theUniversity of Calgary where she received herMA inEnglish.^[2]

She has published four collections ofpoetry and manyshort stories. Her poetry andfiction have been published inA Room of One's Own,Lichen,The Malahat Review,Matrix,Prairie Fire,Grain,The Harpweaver, andThe Antigonish Review. Holmes is anassociate professor ofEnglish andCreative Writing at theUniversity of British Columbia Okanagan.^[2][3]

• Valancy and the New World (Kalamalka Press, 1988)
• Down to the Golden Chersonese: Victorian Lady Travellers (Sono Nis, 1991)
• The Adultery Poems (Ronsdale, 2002)^[4]
• Mandorla (Ronsdale Press, 2005)^[5]
• Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems (2008)
• The Flicker Tree: Okanagan Poems (2012)
• Arborophobia (University of Alberta Press, 2022)

• Author web site
• Nancy Holmes biography
• The Adultery Poems
• Interview with Nancy Holmes
• Helping Community
• Random Acts of Poetry

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