Ken Haigh

Ken Haigh (born 1962) is a Canadian librarian and writer.[1] He is most noted for his 2021 book On Foot to Canterbury, which was shortlisted for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[2]

Haigh has worked primarily as a librarian, most recently serving as CEO of the Collingwood Public Library in Collingwood, Ontario until early 2021.[1] He published his first book Under the Holy Lake, a memoir of two years that he spent living in Bhutan in his youth, in 2008.[3] On Foot to Canterbury, a memoir of his trip to England to partake in a traditional medieval pilgrimage from Winchester to Canterbury Cathedral, was published in 2021.

References
  1. Jessica Owen, "Library CEO turning the page on his career path". Collingwood Today, March 17, 2021.
  2. Vicky Qiao, "Jordan Abel & Ian Williams among five finalists for $60K Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction". CBC Books, September 15, 2021.
  3. Evan Wexler and Martin Levin, "Armchair travel: New and recent books involving a variety of peregrinations". The Globe and Mail, August 9, 2008.


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