Kevin Andrew Heslop (b. Canada, 1992) is the author, most recently, of a non-fiction debut, THE WRITING ON THE WIND'S WALL: DIALOGUES ABOUT 'MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING' (Guernica Editions, 2026), and a forthcoming sophomore collection of poems, HERE LIES THE REFUGEE BREATHER WHO DRANK A BOWL OF ELSEWHERE (Biblioasis, 2027). He lives abroad.
Portrait by Douglas Nascimento, Kaaysá, Boiçucanga, Brazil, 2024.
After poetry and curatorial debuts, in 2023 Heslop released an experimental short-film anthology, adapting poems from Sachiko Murakami, Shaun Robinson, Arleen Paré, Dominik Parisien, and more. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the debut won prizes with two dozen film festivals around the world, establishing Heslop one of Canada's most promising young directors. During this period, he took artist residencies in Serbia, Finland, France, Denmark, Japan, and Brazil, publishing art criticism, interviews, poetry, a podcast, and works for the screen and stage.
Heslop's latest work as a poet, journalist, and curator having appeared with The Fiddlehead, The Walrus, and Centre[3], his current work includes a debut television series set in St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; a debut feature film set in São Paulo, Brazil; a theatrical adaptation of THE WRITING ON THE WIND'S WALL; a chapbook, IT LOOKS LIKE A GARDEN BUT HE HAD HURT HIMSELF BY ACCIDENT (Cactus Press, 2026); CRAFT, CONSCIOUSNESS: DIALOGUES ABOUT THE ARTS (Guernica Editions, 2027); a euthanasia doc's memoir (Guernica World Editions, 2028); and a collection of hymns, psalms, and poems written by Heslop's ancestor, "the father of the Danish lyric poem" Ambrosius Stub, in translation from the 18th-century Danish.
