Crispin Elsted is a

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poet and publisher."Poet Reads at the ACT". ''Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times'', May 16, 2006. He was born on May 31, 1947, to Dennis and Isabel Elsted. He is the co-founder, with his wife Jan Elsted, of the book-publishing company

Barbarian Press Barbarian Press is a fine press publisher, owned and operated by Jan Elsted and Crispin Elsted in Mission, B.C., Canada. In 1977, the Elsteds were working toward their PhD's in English literature at the University of London when they met Graha ...

. His poetry collection ''Climate and the Affections'' was a shortlisted finalist for the

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in 1996. Elsted has performed as a

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actor in repertory theatres and has composed, arranged and performed jazz and classical music. Both Crispin and Jan Elsted are teachers and have previously taught at

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in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.

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