Julie Sze is a professor of American Studies and founding director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Davis. She has authored and edited three books and […]
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Q&A with Tawahum Bige
Tawahum Bige is a Łutselk’e Dene, Plains Cree poet living on unceded Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh territory. Bige has a B.A. in creative writing from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Their land […]
Q&A with Yasuko Thanh
Yasuko Thanh is a Victoria-based award-winning author. Her first novel, Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, won the 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, while her short story collection, Floating […]
Conversations with Jan Zwicky and Robert Moody
Jan Zwicky is the author of over twenty books of poetry and prose, including Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, The Long Walk, and Wisdom & Metaphor. She grew up on […]
Q&A with katherena vermette
katherena vermette (she/her/hers) is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her third book of poetry, procession (House of Anansi) […]
Q&A with Kai Cheng Thom
Kai Cheng Thom is an award-winning writer, performer, and community worker. She has published five books, including the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars, the award-winning essay collection I Hope We Choose […]
Q&A with Aisha Sasha John
Aisha Sasha John is a choreographer, performer, and the author of three previous collections of poetry, including I have to live, a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize, and THOU, a finalist […]
Q&A with Terri-Lynn Williams Davidson
Terri-Lynn Williams Davidson (Gid7ahl-G̲udsllaay Lalaxaaygans) is an author, musician, artist, activist, scholar and lawyer. She is a member of the Raven Clan of the Haida Nation. For her latest book, […]
Q&A with S. Bear Bergman
S. Bear Bergman is an author, storyteller, educator, and the founder and publisher of children’s book press Flamingo Rampant, which makes feminist, culturally-diverse children’s picture books celebrating LGBT2Q+ kids and […]
Q&A with Sheri-D Wilson
Sheri-D Wilson is a prolific author of 15 books of poetry. She’s authored 3 produced plays, created 4 short films & produced 3 word & music CDs. Awards include: The […]
Q&A with Marilyn Bowering
Marilyn Bowering is a Canadian novelist and poet in Victoria, B.C. Her recent work More Richly in Earth, part memoir and literary investigation of an 18th-century female Scottish Gaelic bard, […]
Q&A with Jess Housty
Jess Housty (‘Cúagilákv) is an Indigenous parent, herbalist, and award-winning poet. Their work in the non-profit sector supports Indigenous cultural resurgence, land protection, food sovereignty, and climate organizing in their […]
Q&A with Cecily Nicholson
Cecily Nicholson is the author of five books, including From the Poplars, recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and Wayside Sang, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for […]
Q&A with Karen Solie
Karen Solie grew up in southwest Saskatchewan. Her five previous collections of poetry have won numerous awards, including the Griffin Prize. A 2023 Guggenheim fellow, she teaches half-time for the […]
Q&A with Paul db Watkins
Paul db Watkins is a professor of English at VIU. He is also a research team member with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). He has published […]
Q&A with Conor Kerr
Conor Kerr (he/him) is a national award-winning (and losing) Métis/Ukrainian writer and bird hunter living in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta). His previous books include the ReLit Award-winning novel Avenue of Champions (Nightwood Editions) and […]