Brandi Bird is an Indigiqueer Saulteaux, Cree and Métis writer from Treaty 1 territory. They currently live and learn on the land of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh & Musqueam peoples.

Their chapbook I Am Still Too Much was published by Rahila’s Ghost Press in Spring 2019. Their first full-length poetry collection The All + Flesh was published by House of Anansi Press in Fall 2023. Their work can also be found in Poetry is Dead, Room Magazine, Brick Magazine, Prism International and others.

Brandi works as a freelance writer, workshop facilitator, and manuscript consultant. They are currently an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

Brandi is busy writing their second collection of poetry, a book concerned with disability, grief and the strange passage of time when the body and mind are in pain.

Brandi loves pop-culture and their favourite TV shows are Succession and Hannibal. They enjoy listening to the same song over and over again and love their three ancient cats, Babydoll, Burt, and Etta.

Instagram: @_birdrights
Twitter: @brandibird_