Douglas L. Hamilton was born in Washington, DC, and received an MA in history from the University of California, Riverside. In the 1970s he moved to Lasqueti Island where he built a shack made of driftwood ...

Phyllis Dyson is an elementary school teacher who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Graduate Diploma in Special Education. A member of the BC Schizophrenia Society, she has promoted mental health ...

Jeremy Stewart grew up in Prince George, BC, a place as remarkable for its flourishing poetry community as for its industrial grit. He is a graduate student of English Literature at the University of ...

Ursula Vaira’s poems have been published in literary journals and in anthologies. The long poem “Frog River” was published as a chapbook and is forthcoming in the Portage Anthology. The title poem ...

Chris Czajkowski is an accomplished writer and spokesperson for wilderness living. She is the author of ten books including Lonesome: Memoirs of a Wilderness Dog (Heritage House Publishing), Snowshoes ...

Dianne Whelan is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, photographer, author and multimedia artist. In April 2010, Whelan traveled to Nepal and Mount Everest Base Camp to direct and shoot her award-winning ...

Beth Kope grew up in Alberta and is honoured to live, work, and play in Victoria, BC, Coast Salish territory of Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ nations. Kope has taught in Alberta, Adelaide, Australia and Quebec ...

Brendan Lillis was born in Haslemere, in the county of Surrey, England, but he grew up in the neighbouring county of Hampshire. After studying management and business in London, Lillis began a successful ...

Adam Pottle's first book, a volume of poetry, Beautiful Mutants, was published in 2011 by Caitlin Press and was subsequently shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards and the Acorn-Plantos People's ...