Barry Dempster est l’auteur de neuf recueils de poèmes, y compris «The Words Wanting Out, Poems Selected and New» (Nightwood Editions, 2003) et «The Burning Alphabet» (Brick Books, 2005), lequel lui a valu une deuxième nomination pour un prix du gouverneur général et lui a mérité le prix Jack Chalmers de la Canadian Authors Association.
Barry Dempster is the author of 9 collections of poetry, including " The Words Wanting Out, Poems Selected and New" (Nightwood Editions, 2003) and " The Burning Alphabet" (Brick Books, 2005) for which he was nominated for the second time for the Governor General's Award and won the Canadian Authors Association Jack Chalmers Award.