Graham
Slaughter
Graham Slaughter is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. His work has been shortlisted for PEN Canada’s New Voices Award and longlisted for The Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest. His fiction has appeared in Bodega Magazine while his journalistic work has appeared in publications like the Toronto Star, Toronto Life, and Canadian Geographic, among others. Slaughter holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph. He is currently working on a coming-of-age novel and a memoir about whales. He lives in Toronto.
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“‘Breach’ transforms personal grief into a resonant exploration of fatherhood, masculinity, and reconciliation with raw honesty and evocative lyricism. Graham Slaughter skillfully balances narrative with introspection and metaphor, weaving together a poignant birth story, a father’s late-life suicide, and the haunting image of whales breaching — creatures both distant and awe-inspiring. This beautifully crafted, vulnerable essay lingers in the mind, marking Slaughter as a writer of immense depth, skill, and courage.”—2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award creative nonfiction jury (Omar Mouallem, Alessandra Naccarato, and Lindsay Wong)Works Recognized by WT