I’m a poet and musician living in Toronto. I used to go by "JC Bouchard" but don't anymore. My full-length poetry collection, BURN DIARY, is out now from Buckrider Books (Wolsak & Wynn).

My collection of poetry and photographs, LET THIS BE THE END OF ME, was published by Bad Books Press and shortlisted for a bpNichol Chapbook Award. I wrote or cowrote 4 chapbooks: ABRACADABRA (w/ Fawn Parker, Collusion Books), Borderline Definitions (self-published), WOOL WATER (words(on)pages press), and Portraits (In/Words Press). 

My poetry appears in The Ampersand Review, EVENT, Soliloquies Anthology, CV2, Poetry is Dead, Carousel, PRISM international, carte blanche, Arc, The Ex-Puritan, and other very good places. 

A long time ago my poetry was long-listed for a CBC Poetry Prize, and I've come close to winning some other awards. I also received a few grants from the Ontario Council of the Arts and then wrote some books. I was the cofounder of the Worst Case Ontario poetry tour. Later I joined the GO Big then GO Home poetry tour. We performed in Montreal, Toronto, New York City, Pittsburgh, and Boston.

I also take a lot of street photos and sing in a band called LINENS.