Blaine Marchand (born 1949 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian writer.
A longtime program manager with the Canadian International Development Agency, some of his writing has been inspired by his international travels with the organization.
[2] In 2012 he was guest editor of an issue of the Canadian poetry magazine Vallum dedicated to poets from Pakistan.
[1] He was also a co-founder of the Ottawa Independent Writers, the Ottawa Valley Book Festival and the Canadian Review, and a regular columnist for Ottawa's LGBT newspaper Capital Xtra!.
Openly gay,[1] he lives in Ottawa.