[1] His debut novel, The Projectionist (1997), was nominated for the Giller Prize and the Trillium Book Award.

His 2010 novel Cities of Refuge[2] was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, longlisted for the Giller Prize, and named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year and a Now Magazine Top Ten of 2010.

Helm's essays on fiction, poetry, and the visual arts have appeared in various magazines, including Brick, where he serves as an editor.

Helm currently teaches in the Department of English at York University in Toronto.

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