Loch Baillie

Originally from Massachusetts, Loch Baillie (he/il) is a queer writer and editor based in Quebec City, Canada. He is the author of two poetry chapbooks, ice, dove parachute (Cactus Press) and Citronella (Anstruther Press), as well as the forthcoming collection River Running (icehouse poetry/Goose Lane Editions, 2026). Loch’s writing has appeared in magazines such as Maclean’s, yolk literary, and Ahoy. He is an associate poetry editor at Plenitude Magazine and a board director for the the Quebec Writers’ Federation. Since 2022, Loch has served as poet-in-residence for the Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence. He is currently pursuing his MA in English literature at Université Laval. Find him everywhere @lochbaillie.

Chapbooks

Citronella (Anstruther Press) – Loch Baillie’s debut chapbook is a queer bildungsroman told in twelve poems. It was published by Anstruther Press on February 1, 2024. A review of Citronella by the Miramichi Reader can be read here.

ice, dove, parachute (Cactus Press) – Loch Baillie’s sophomore poetry chapbook is a bilingual exploration of domestic life. It was published by Cactus Press on November 3, 2024.