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Allan Briesmaster Allan Briesmaster is a freelance editor, micropublisher and literary consultant specializing in poetry and non-fiction. He has been involved with the organizing of literary events in Toronto, such as Phoenix Poetry Workshop, Art Bar Poetry Series, and Toronto WordStage. He is the author of five chapbooks and four full-length books of poetry, including Interstellar (Quattro Books). James Arthur An American-Canadian poet, James Arthur is currently a Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford. His poetry has been published in such magazines as The New Yorker, The New Republic and The Nation. His awards include the Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship, a Discovery/Nation prize, The Fiddlehead's Ralph Gustafson Prize and fellowships at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. Amani Amani was born in England, baptized in Trinidad, grew up in Nova Scotia. She is a graduate of the Dalhousie Professional Actor Training Program and was a member of the acapella group, Four The Moment, which won the African Canadian Artist of the Year Award in 1998. Her poetry has been featured at Theatre Passe Muraille, Harbourfront Centre, CBC TV, City TV. Recently she received a Bob Marley Day Award for her work in youth outreach and community development. Her debut CD, Amani the Words, the Rhythm, the Music, was sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and released in 2007.
Liz Zetlin Liz Zetlin is a visual artist, filmmaker and poet living in Grey County, currently serving as Owen Sound's first Poet Laureate. She is co-director of the Words Aloud Spoken Word Festival (www.wordsaloud.ca) and the Festival Documentary/Educational DVD. She is the author of several collections of poetry including The Thing With Feathers (BuschekBooks). Sheri Benning Sheri Benning is the author of two books of poetry, Earth After Rain (Thistledown Press) won both the Anne Szumigalski Poetry Award and the Brenda Riches MacDonald First Book Award. Her second book Thin Moon Psalm (Brick Books) won the Anne Szumilgalski Poetry Award and the City of Saskatoon Book Prize and the Alfred G. Bailey Award. She hails from Churchbridge SK and is currently pursuing a PhD degree at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Jon Paul Fiorentino Jon Paul Fiorentino is the author of four books of poetry. His most recent book is The Theory of the Loser Class (Coach House Books). His most recent projects are the anthologies Career Suicide! Contemporary Literary Humour (DC Books) and Post-Prairie (Talonbooks), a collaborative effort with Robert Kroetsch. He is the editor of Matrix magazine.He lives in Montreal.
Peter Dale Scott Peter Dale Scott, only son of Canadian poet F.R.Scott, is a former Canadian diplomat. He has published five books of poetry and three chapbooks. His most recent book is the third volume of his trilogy Seculum: Minding the Darkness (New Directions). With Czeslaw Milosz he translated the Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert (Penguin). In 2002 he received the Lannan Poetry Award and in 1988 he was a finalist for the Governor-General's Award. He lives in Berkeley, California. Betsy Struthers Betsy Struthers has published eight books of poetry, most recently Where the Night Comes Closest (Black Moss). A series of poems in this collection, Writing Down the Moon, was shortlisted for the 2005 CBC Literary Awards. An earlier book, Still (Black Moss) won the 2004 Pat Lowther Award. Struthers is a past president of the League of Canadian Poets. She lives in Peterborough. Peter Richardson Peter Richardson is the author of three books of poetry. The most recent book is Sympathy for the Couriers (Vehicule Press). His first book, A Tinker's Picnic (Vehicule Press), was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award. His second book, An ABC of Belly Work (Vehicule Press), was a finalist for the Acorn-Plantos People's Poetry Award. His poems have appeared in Poetry (Chicago), Sonora Review, Prism International and The Rialto (UK) among others. He lives in Gatineau, Quebec.
Sharon Thesen Sharon Thesen is the author of eight books of poetry, the most recent being The Good Bacteria (Anansi). From 2001 - 2005 she was the editor of The Capilano Review, a literary and visual arts magazine. In 2002 she was a jury member for the Griffin Prize for poetry. She has won the Pat Lowther Award and been shortlisted three times for the Governor General's Award. She lives in Lake Country, BC. Jason Camlot Jason Camlot is the author of three books of poetry. The most recent book is The Debaucher (Insomniac Press). His work has appeared in New American Writing, Postmodern Culture and English Literary History. He is the poetry editor of the Punchy Writing Series, a new imprint of DC Books. He lives in Montreal. Iggy McGovern Iggy McGovern lives in Dublin, Ireland. His first book, King of Suburbia (Dedalus Press) won both the New Writers Award (judged by Ciaran Carson) and the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary (judged by Paul Duncan). He recently presented his poetry at the Ledbury Poetry Festival (UK) and the Yeats Festival. He will be travelling on a poetry tour to the east coast USA. The Art Bar Poetry Series is his only reading in Canada.
RM Vaughan RM Vaughan is a Toronto-based writer and video artist originally from New Brunswick. His books include poetry, fiction, plays and essays. Vaughan writes a weekly celebrity-interview column for The Globe and Mail. He will be celebrating his latest poetry book, Troubled (Coach House Books). Marilyn Gear Pilling Marilyn Gear Pilling is the author of two collections of short fiction and three books of poetry. Recently she won 3rd prize in Prairie Fire's Creative Non-fiction category and placed in the finals for the CBC literary competition. She grew up in Waterloo and now lives in Hamilton, but her roots are in Huron County. She will be reading from her latest book, Cleavage: A Life in Breasts (Black Moss Press). Eric Miller Eric Miller is the author of three books of poetry. In 2000 he won The Fiddlehead's Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize and in 1996 he won the Academy of American Poets Prize (U of Virginia). He will be celebrating his most recent poetry collection, A Day in Moss (Fitzhenry and Whiteside). He lives in Victoria BC. |
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