Alex Boyd is a Canadian writer. His essays and articles have appeared in newspapers such as The Globe and Mail, and online with sites such as nthposition.com. His book of poems Making Bones Walk (2007) won the Gerald Lampert Award.

From 2003 to 2008, he hosted the IV Lounge Reading Series in Toronto, presenting fiction readers alongside poets, and eventually co-editing IV Lounge Nights, an anthology to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the series.

He's the editor of Northern Poetry Review, a site for poetry articles and reviews.

In 2008 he established Digital Popcorn, a site for personal film reviews, and in 2009 has helped establish the Best Canadian Essays series with Tightrope Books.

Boyd is a member of Greenpeace and Pen Canada.