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Arborophobia is Nancy Holmes‘s sixth collection of poetry. She is the editor of Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems and is a poetry editor on The Trumpeter. She creates, supports, and curates eco-themed community-based art projects. Nancy is Associate Professor in Creative Writing at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna. Interviewed by Dalyce Joslin Dalyce Joslin […]

Cecily Nicholson is the author of four books, and past recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. She has held the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer in Residence at Simon Fraser University, and Writer in Residence at the University of Windsor.  HARROWINGS takes place in the rural […]

Larissa Lai is the author of The Tiger Flu, Salt Fish Girl, and Iron Goddess of Mercy. Recipient of the Duggins Novelist’s Prize, the Lambda Award, and the Astraea Award, she holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary where she directs The Insurgent Architects’ House for Creative Writing.   A sprawling historical novel about war, colonialism, […]

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 numerous articles on environmental justice and inequality, culture and environment, and urban and community health and activism. Her latest book is Environmental Justice in a […]

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 protection work against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion led them to face incarceration in 2020. Cut to Fortress is their debut poetry collection. Cut to Fortress considers the […]

Rasiqra Revulva is a multi-media artist, writer, poet, editor, musician, performer with the electronic duo The Databats, and sci-com (science-communication) advocate. She is the co-creator, developer and editor for The Puritan’s new Hybrid, an experimental new section. Her poetry has multiple dimensions across multiple art forms and various poetic forms. She has published two chapbooks, […]

Tolu Oloruntoba lived in Nigeria and the United States before settling in the metro area of Coast Salish lands known as Vancouver with his family. He spent his early career as a primary care physician, and currently manages virtual health projects with organizations in British Columbia. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, […]

Justene Dion-Glowa is a queer Métis creative, beadworker and poet born in Win-Nipi (Winnipeg) and has been residing in Secwepemcúl’ecw since 2014, where they work with Indigenous youth. They are a Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity alumni. Trailer Park Shakes is their first full length poetry book. The poems in Trailer Park Shakes, while […]

Bob McDonald has been the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks since 1992 and is a regular science commentator on CBC’s News Network and The National. His book Measuring the Earth with a Stick was shortlisted for the Canadian Science Writers Association Book Award. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. In The Future is Now, Bob McDonald […]

Leona Prince is from the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli Whu’ten and belongs to the Likh Tsa Mis Yu (Beaver) Clan. She is a descendant of Chief Kwah and Stiche. Leona is an award-winning educator and is currently the District Principal of Aboriginal Education for School District 91 (Nechako Lakes). She is the co-author of Be […]

Tsering Yangzom Lama lives in Vancouver. She holds a BA in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia, and an MFA from Columbia University. She was born and raised in Nepal and has lived in Toronto and New York City. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, published in 2022, is […]

Jane Billinghurst is a nature lover, master gardener, editor, translator, and author of six books. She has translated and edited several books by Peter Wohlleben, including the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees. She lives in Anacortes, Washington, next to 2,800 acres of community forest lands. Walking in the woods and using all five senses […]