Biography

Born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, Britta Badour, better known as Britta B., is an award winning artist, spoken word poet, performer, emcee, voice talent and mentor living in Toronto. In 2023, she released her debut poetry collection, Wires that Sputter, published by McClelland & Stewart in Canada and the USA.

In 2021, Britta was announced Toronto Arts Foundation’s Breakthrough Artist and COCA Lecturer of the Year. Her work has been featured in print, in sound and onstage across North America in notable spheres such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, CBC Arts: Poetic License, The Walrus Talks, TEDx and The Stephen Lewis Foundation. As an educator, Britta facilitates artist-training seminars, poetry workshops and social justice programs in partnership with organizations like JAYU, Poetry In Voice, Prologue Performing Arts, and League of Canadian Poets.

Britta holds a Creative Writing MFA from the University of Guelph and is a professor of spoken word performance at Seneca College.

Twitter/IG: @missbrittab