 He worked for 22 years as a logger and has been writing professionally since 1971.Trower published three novels, more than ten books of poetry and numerous articles.One of his novels, Grogan's Cafe (novel), is in pre-production for a film 

In 1976, Trower was the subject of a CBC documentary titled "Between the Sky and the Splinters", after his 1974 book of poetry of the same name.