Sue MacLeod was appointed the first Poet Laureate of Halifax in May 2001. Her poetry has appeared in many Canadian literary magazines including The Antigonish Review, Arc, CV2, Event, The Fiddlehead, Fireweed, The Gaspereau Review, Grain, The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, Other Voices, The Pottersfield Portfolio, PRISM International, Room of One's Own and TickleAce. Her work has also appeared in the anthologies Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land, Vintage 2000, Rip-Rap: Fiction and Poetry from the Banff Centre for the Arts, and Words Out There: Women Poets in Atlantic Canada.
Sue's first book, The Language of Rain, was shortlisted for the Milton Acorn People's Poet Award. That Singing You Hear at the Edges is her second book.
