Crispin Elsted

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Crispin Elsted is a Canadian 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."Okanagan College Gets Antique and Fine Press Book Exhibit". Kelowna Capital Times, March 20, 2012. His poetry collection Climate and the Affections was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry"Finalists for 1996 Governor General's Literary Awards". Ottawa Citizen, October 18, 1996. and the Gerald Lampert Award in 1996.

Elsted has performed as a Shakespearean 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 Meadowridge School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/meadowridge/docs/june_2013_mini_gryphon/20|title=Staff Updates |work=Meadowridge Gryphon|date=June 2013}}