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. It was nominated for the 2024 League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the 2024 League of Canadian Poets' Raymond Souster Award and the 2024 League of Canadian Poets' Pat Lowther Memorial Award and won the 2024 Indigenous Voices Award for Poetry in English.

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 where they are writing their first novel.

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_