Ken Haigh

{{Short description|Canadian librarian and writer (born 1962)}}

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Ken Haigh (born 1962) is a Canadian librarian and writer.Jessica Owen, [https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/local-news/library-ceo-turning-the-page-on-his-career-path-3552724 "Library CEO turning the page on his career path"]. Collingwood Today, March 17, 2021. His 2021 book On Foot to Canterbury, was shortlisted for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.Vicky Qiao, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/jordan-abel-ian-williams-among-five-finalists-for-60k-hilary-weston-writers-trust-prize-for-nonfiction-1.6176321 "Jordan Abel & Ian Williams among five finalists for $60K Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction"]. CBC Books, September 15, 2021.

Haigh has worked primarily as a librarian, most recently as CEO of the Collingwood Public Library in Collingwood, Ontario until early 2021. He published his first book Under the Holy Lake, a memoir of two years that he spent living in Bhutan in his youth, in 2008.Evan Wexler and Martin Levin, "Armchair travel: New and recent books involving a variety of peregrinations". The Globe and Mail, August 9, 2008. On Foot to Canterbury, a memoir of his trip to England to partake in a traditional medieval pilgrimage from Winchester to Canterbury Cathedral, was published in 2021.