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- Chris Faiers (born 1948), librarian, poet and publisher of Unfinished Monument Press, which he founded in 1978
- Margaret Fairley (1885–1968), English-born Canadian writer, educator and political activist
- Brian Fawcett (born 1944), poet, novelist, nonfiction author and writer
- Charles Fenerty (c. 1821 – 1982), Canadian poet, journalist, and inventor. Published two poems in book format in 1855 and 1866, and wrote over 32 poems (mostly published in local newspapers).
- Ferron, born Debby Foisy (1952), folk singer, songwriter and poet
- George Fetherling, wrote as "Doug Feathering" or "Douglas Fetherling" until 1999 when he began using his middle name (born 1949), American-born poet, novelist, journalist and essayist who moved to Canada at age 18 and became a Canadian citizen
- Robert Finch (1900–1995), poet and academic whose area of expertise was French poetry
- Joan Finnigan (1925–2007), writer, poet, teacher and newspaper reporter
- Jon Paul Fiorentino, poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and editor of Matrix magazine
- Judith Fitzgerald (born 1952), poet and journalist
- Robert Ford (1915–1998), poet, translator and diplomat
- Raymond Fraser (born 1941), novelist, poet, biographer, essayist and editor
- Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908), French Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short-story writer
- Patrick Friesen (born 1946), poet and university-level creative writing teacher
- Mark Frutkin (born 1948), American-born novelist and poet who moved to Canada in 1970 as a Vietnam War draft resister
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