Leslie Stark
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Leslie Stark

Leslie Stark is a teacher, mom, poet, playwright, dancer, singer, hula hoop maker, excellent baker, expert cat napper, champion of the arts, and wildly busy person.

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Alan Hill
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Alan Hill

Alan Hill has been writing since working and living in Botswana twenty-five years ago.

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Renee Cronley
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Renee Cronley

Renee Cronley is a writer from Manitoba that stepped away from nursing to prioritize her children, and has been channelling her knowledge and experiences into a poetry book about nursing burnout.

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Spencer Gorham
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Spencer Gorham

Spencer Gorham (they/them), born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick, is a musician and poet.

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Raye Hendrickson
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Raye Hendrickson

Raye Hendrickson has loved words her entire life. They have fed her, moved her to laughter and to tears, and stretched her mind.

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Gerald Thibeault
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Gerald Thibeault

When Gerry is not writing poetry he can be found running, or with a wrench in his hand, a welder sometimes, or maybe a big hammer. 

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Justin Pulice
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Justin Pulice

Justin Pulice is a poet and graduate of the BA Honours English and Creative Writing program at Concordia University.

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Helen Robertson
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Helen Robertson

Witch, bitch, and full-time disaster, Helen Robertson is a trans, bisexual, genderqueer woman moving through the lifelong process of accepting how lucky they've been.

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Véronik Le Duc
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Véronik Le Duc

Véronik Le Duc (she/her) is from Ottawa, Ontario, and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.

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Wilder Simpson
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Wilder Simpson

After sustaining a concussion while skiing, Wilder Simpson was forced into his mind where he confronted, with turmoil and love, the parts of himself he had long buried.

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Carol Casey
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Carol Casey

Carol Casey lives in Dish With One Spoon Territory, Blyth, Ontario, with her husband, hundreds of books, and a large garden.

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Stephen Grant
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Stephen Grant

Stephen Grant is a Toronto poet and writer, turning to writing after a long career in law. He has a particular penchant for Maine coon cats.

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Don Palmer
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Don Palmer

Don Palmer is from Montreal, Quebec where he studied Children’s Literature at Dawson College and English Literature at Concordia University.

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Debra Bennett
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Debra Bennett

Debbie was an Early Childhood Educator for many years.She has published poetry in various Canadian and American magazines and journals.

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