title: John Terpstra
text: # John Terpstra
  
  John Terpstra (born in Brockville, Ontario) is a Canadian poet and carpenter.
  
  During much of his childhood, he lived in Edmonton, Alberta, but moved back to Ontario to attend high school in Hamilton, where he lives today.
  
  Released a spoken-word recording of his poems in 2000, called "Nod Me In, Shake Me Out", with composer, arranger and producer Bart Nameth, violinist Hugh Marsh, and others.
  
  ## Education
  
  * Trinity Christian College, Chicago
  * University of Toronto
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  * 1988: Bressani Prize, "Forty Days and Forty Nights"
  * 1992: CBC Radio Literary Competition, "Captain Kintail"
  * 2004: poetry finalist, Governor General's Awards, Disarmament
  * 2006: finalist, Charles Taylor Prize, BC Award for Canadian Non-fiction, The Boys, or Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter
  