Kevin Andrew Heslop (b. 1992) is the author of several books of non-fiction and poetry, including The Writing on the Wind's Wall: Dialogues About 'Medical Assistance in Dying' (Guernica Editions, 2026), it looks like a garden but he had hurt himself by accident (Cactus Press, 2026), and the forthcoming here lies the refugee breather who drank a bowl of elsewhere (Biblioasis, 2027), Craft, Consciousness: Dialogues About the Arts - Volumes One & Two (Guernica Editions, 2027 & '28), and a co-authored memoir with intensivist Dr. Ian Ball (Guernica World Editions, 2028), as well as Canada Council for the Arts-funded works for the stage and screen. He is also a venture capital investor in the surgical robotics space. His most recent articles and poems have appeared with Amphora, The Fiddlehead, and The Walrus. Born in London, Ontario, Kevin currently divides time between Canada, Denmark, and Brazil, having recently held residencies at the Belgrade Art Studio, Arteles Creative Centre (Finland), BRAŻŻA (France), Casa Na Ilha (Brazil), Kaaysá (Brazil), Earthwise (Denmark), Ørslev Kloster (Denmark), SAIKONEON (Japan), The Mauser Ecohouse (Costa Rica), and Teat(r)o Oficina (Brazil). 

 

First apprenticed to drummers (Douglas & LaRose), Heslop released a poetry debut, the correct fury of your why is a mountain, hailed as "among the most promising poetic projects to come out of Canada in recent years" (Johnstone), a "sublime poetic debut" (Lockhart) "read with admiration" (Coetzee), "a gestalt of what it can assimilate" (Crymble) "bursting from the pages in an oceanic radicalization of empathy, grief and utter fucking joy in livingness and language" (Bennett) "no poetry lover should be without" (Paré).

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With cinematographer Nicole Coenen, Heslop's subsequent directorial debut, an anthology interpreting the words of poets Catriona Wright, Paola Ferrante, Brandon Wint, Shane Neilson, Dominik Parisien, Arleen Paré, Julie Bruck, Sile Englert, Jenny Berkel, Susan Holbrook, Spenser Smith, Sachiko Murakami, and Shaun Robinson garnered prizes from dozens of film festivals around the world, including: 8 & Halfilm Awards, the Berlin Shorts Award, the Digital Griffix Film Awards, the Independent Shorts Awards International Film Festival, the Indie Short Fest, the Latitude Film Awards, the Milan Gold Awards, the Paris Play Film Festival, the Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift, the Toronto Short Film Festival, the Vancouver International Movie Awards, the Vancouver Women Film Festival, and the Vesuvio International Movie Awards.

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In 2026, Heslop released a non-fiction debut, The Writing on the Wind's Wall: Dialogues About 'Medical Assistance in Dying' (Guernica Editions, 2026), a "crucial resource" (Harder) in "antidote to absolutism" (Robinson) "unlike anything else before it" (Gripp): a "moving and profound," (Faflak) "timely and important" (Bassnett) "experiential reflection on the greys" (Li) "of euthanasia and the sociopolitical realities that inform it" (Chesnut), "essential reading for anyone touched by the complexities of MAiD" (Plotzke), "a book worthy of returning to again and again as a window to both reflection and discovery" (Centivany), "a moving tribute to the complexities of what it is to be human" (Putnam).

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Heslop's current work includes half a dozen books (with Cactus Press, Biblioasis, Guernica Editions x2, Guernica World Editions), a new play (with playwright Camille Intson), a book of translations from his ancestor Ambrosius Stub's 18th-century Danish (with John Mason), a debut television series (set in St. Andrew's, New Brunswick), and a debut feature film (set in São Paulo).​ In harmony with his work in the arts and culture sector, as a creative consultant and venture capitalist Heslop supports select companies (like the recently FDA-approved Revolve Surgical) dedicated to leveraging AI and surgical robotics to foster affordable well-being. Having served from the Board of the non-profit Changing Ways for five years, he is currently a member of The League of Canadian Poets, the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-op, MediaNB, and The Writers' Union of Canada. ​​

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The self-described "polydisciplinary doofus" also maintains active daimoku (6 years), TM (1) & BJJ (1) practices.​