Winnipeg
John lives and creates in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where his writing and community connections continue to take shape.
John Oross
The Life Behind
the Words
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Experience, transformed through creative work.
John Oross is a Winnipeg-based author, poet, lyricist, storyteller, and multidisciplinary artist whose work grows from lived experience and a belief in kindness, understanding, equality, and human connection.
A life marked by adversity, change, loss, resilience, and a continuing belief in human connection.
A Continuing Story
From life experience
to reflection.
Life Experience
Adversity, change, loss, and resilience are part of the personal ground beneath the work, approached through reflection rather than definition.
Creative Work
Before focusing on writing, John’s professional experience included event production and management, including work connected with hockey events and circuses.
Writing as Reflection
Poetry, prose, lyrics, storytelling, and other forms make space to process experience, share ideas, and ask what possibility can follow hardship.
Community & Connection
John is publicly associated with The Writers’ Union of Canada, Manitoba Writers’ Guild, Canadian Authors Association, and Manitoba Music. He has served on the Manitoba Writers’ Guild Board of Directors.
The Work Continues
Wandering Thoughts gathers one substantial body of work, while the journal is designed as a place for future reflections and creative thought.
Literary Community
Connection beyond the page.
- The Writers’ Union of Canada
- Manitoba Writers’ Guild
- Canadian Authors Association
- Manitoba Music