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Born and raised in northwestern Canada, Shane was the first poet from outside the USA to win the prestigious USA National Individual Poetry Slam.

Shane Koyczan is one of the world’s premier spoken word performers. His book, Visiting Hours, was hailed as a Books of the Year Selection by The Guardian (UK) and the Globe and Mail (Canada) newspapers. Shane was featured in Quill & Quire magazine in May 2006.

He has performed to full houses around the world - from university amphitheaters to the most respected music and literary festivals. He has rocked the stage at the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Vancouver International Writers Festival, the Winnipeg Folk Festival and the 2007 Canada Day Celebrations in Ottawa.

Acclaim for Shane’s poetry and performance has come from many diverse and respected sources - from renowned rockers Gordon Downey, Joel Pott & Dave Bidini to David Robinson, Literary Editor of The Scotsman, and Patrick Neate, winner of the Whitbread Prize and host of London’s Bookslam.

Shane brings enormous vitality and virtuosity to every performance. His warmth, wit and sincerity are a hit with crowds of all ages. His lyricism inspires audiences and readers alike because Shane’s poems speak directly to the heart. As David Bidini wrote in his review of Visiting Hours in the Globe and Mail’s 2005 Books of the Year edition, “…and so, a whole new generation of rhyme readers will be born.”

Shane was commissioned by the Canadian Tourism Commission to write a 'Poem for Canada' in early 2007. His heartwarming, tear-jerking homage to Canada "We Are More" was created and he has performed it to ovations across the country.

In addition to his solo work Shane is also available with his band ‘Short Story Long’.

Home Base: British Columbia

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