PJ Thomas successfully published her first book of poetry, Undertow, in October 2020. Her lyrics appear on the 2021 Juno-nominated album, Solar Powered Too. Included in the 2022 Bill Bissett anthology, Poemdemic, Thomas has been published in the River Magazine, the Arthur Newspaper, and by the Poet Laureate of Cobourg.

You can find her book Undertow, here, or ask you local library to ask for a copy. 

You can connect with her on Twitter, here. 

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Lesley-Anne Evans, an Irish-Canadian poet, writes from and stewards Feeny Wood, a contemplative Christian woodland retreat in Kelowna, B.C., on the traditional unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. Her periodical publications include The Antigonish Review, Barren Magazine, Cascadia Review, Contemporary Verse 2, Lake Journal, The Porch Magazine, and Presence Journal. Lesley-Anne helped found Red Couch, an art gallery for marginalized artists, and co-created SEE:kelowna, a museum exhibit sharing stories of homelessness. Mute Swan is Lesley-Anne’s debut collection of poems.

Testimony One: On Account of a Ripe Brandywine Tomato, is the first poem in Lesley-Anne's debut collection Mute Swan: Poems for Maria Queen of the World, published by The St. Thomas Poetry Series (Toronto), November, 2021.

If you would like to connect with Lesley-Anne, she can be reached through the following social media accounts: 

LinkedIn, or Facebook or via her email: evanslesleyanne[at]gmail[dot]com

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Jim Johnstone is a Canadian poet, editor, and critic. He’s the author of five books of poetry, including The Chemical Life (Véhicule Press, 2017), Dog Ear (Véhicule Press, 2014), and Patternicity (Nightwood Editions, 2010). He’s also the editor-in-chief of Anstruther Press, the recipient of a CBC Literary Award, The Fiddlehead’s Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, Matrix Magazine’s LitPop Award and Poetry's Editors Prize for Book Reviewing. Johnstone is currently the poetry editor at Palimpsest Press, and an associate editor at Representative Poetry Online. He lives in Toronto.

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Susan Ioannou is a Toronto poet, who also writes literary essays and fiction. Her poetry books include Coming Home: An Old Love Story (Leaf Press) and Looking Through Stone: Poems about the Earth (Your Scrivener Press), and the guide A Magical Clockwork: The Art of Writing the Poem (Wordwrights Canada).

"Far North" is a poem from her book Looking for Light, published in 2017 by Hidden Brook Press

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Mark Hertzberger is a member of Poetry Stratford and the Huron Poetry Collective. Mark has recently self-published his first chapbook: Fog & Mirrors. His poetry also appears in the following publications:

 “Denouement”, published by Beliveau Books

 “Writers Undercover: Tenth Anniversary Issue” - Cambridge Writers Collective

 “Writers Collective Anthology: Volume 1” - Kitchener Public Library

 “The Language of Dew and Sunsets” – Huron Poetry Collective

 “Fresh Voices” – League of Canadian Poets

 The Leaf – Brucedale Press

Mark took first place in the 2008 Poetry Stratford Open Mike Contest and has read his poetry on CJCS Radio and at Culture Days Festivals in Stratford. Mark resides in Stratford, Ontario with novelist Yvonne Hertzberger.

You can connect with Mark on Facebook, here. 

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FERN G. Z. CARR is a former lawyer, teacher, and past President of both the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – Kelowna Branch, and Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society. She is a member of the Federation of BC Writers and the League of Canadian Poets where she served as Poet-in-Residence mentoring young writers. This Pushcart Prize nominee composes and translates poetry in six languages including Mandarin. Fern also curates her poetry YouTube channel. Her poetry collection is entitled Shards of Crystal (Silver Bow Publishing). She has been published extensively worldwide from Finland to Mauritius and has had her work recognized by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate. The recipient of several honours, Carr is thrilled to have one of her poems in permanent orbit around the planet Mars aboard NASA’S MAVEN spacecraft. www.ferngzcarr.com Shards of Crystal – Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, and Silver Bow Publishing. For an autographed copy, please contact Fern via her website at www.ferngzcarr.com 

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Rhea Tregebov is the author of fiction, poetry and children’s picture books. Her second novel, Rue des Rosiers, released in May 2019, was short-listed for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and won the Western Canada Jewish Book Awards Nancy Richler Memorial Prize for Fiction. Her first novel, The Knife Sharpener’s Bell (2009), a Globe and Mail Jim Bartley Top 5 book, won the J.I. Segal Award and was shortlisted for the Kobzar Award. Tregebov is also the author of seven critically acclaimed books of poetry, most recently All Souls’ (Véhicule Press 2012). Her poems have earned the Pat Lowther Award, Prairie Schooner Readers’ Choice Award, and the Malahat Review Long Poem Award. She has published five popular children’s picture books, among them the Sasha series, illustrated by Hélène Desputeaux, creator of the Caillou television series. Tregebov has edited numerous anthologies, including Arguing with the Storm, an anthology of stories by women writers which she co-translated from the Yiddish. She is currently working on an eighth collection of poetry.

“Menial”  was in published Fiddlehead. No. 284 (Summer 2020).

You can purchase her books, here. 

You can follow Rhea on Twitter, here. 

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Kathy Figueroa is a Canadian poet, photographer, writer, and book publisher. Folks in and around the northern part of Hastings County have seen her articles and photographs in the Bancroft newspapers since 2004. In May, 2006, The Bancroft Times published her poem, SPRINGTIME IN PAUDASH. The resulting positive response prompted her to continue sharing her often humorous verse and, to date, her poems have appeared in The Bancroft Times and/or Bancroft This Week newspapers on close to 150 occasions.

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Jessica Outram is Cobourg’s 4th Poet Laureate. She is a Métis writer and educator with roots in the Georgian Bay Métis Community. Since 2019, her mandate has been to honour and nurture Cobourg’s culturally dynamic community. Jessica not only encourages the reading and writing of poetry, she also aims to enrich our shared human experience with heartfelt contributions.

Read more about Jessica, here. 

"Recess Eulogies" is a poem from Jessica's book, The thing with feathers, Piquant Press.

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Doris Fiszer is a poet from Ottawa, Canada. Her debut collection Locked in Different Alphabets (Silver Bow Publishing) was nominated for the 2021 Archibald Lampman Award. She has two published chapbooks, The Binders and Sasanka (Wild Flower). Awards include the 2017 John Newlove Award and Tree Press’s 2016 Chapbook Award for The Binders, also a nominee for the bpNichol Award.

"Zen Garden" won the 2017 John Newlove award. This poem was written for Doris's friends Colleen and David. Their beautiful Garden of Hope in Maitland inspired her poem. "Zen garden" was initially published by Bywords Publication in 2018 in my chapbook, Sasanka, (Wildflower). It is also included in Locked in Different Alphabets.

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