'The setting came first': Acclaimed Canadian author finds Sask. inspiration

Garry Thomas Morse is the 2024-2025 Saskatoon Public Library Writer in Residence.

From old movies and Russian literature to the sights and sounds of downtown Prairie cities, Garry Thomas Morse aims to “capture everything” in his novels and poetry. 

Morse, whose most recent novel Tulpa Mea Culpa was published in 2023, is the Saskatoon Public Library’s 2024-25 Writer in Residence. 

He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General’s Award for English-language poetry. His poetry collections include Discovery Passages, about the history of his Kwakwaka’wakw Indigenous ancestors, and Prairie Harbour, a poetic epic set in Regina.