Portfolio Category: Nonfiction

Joanne Arnott

Joanne Arnott is a Métis/mixed-blood writer, born in Manitoba and based in Coast Salish territories on the West Coast. A publishing and performing poet since the 80s, a blogger in more recent years, Joanne is mother to six young people, all born at home. Active participant in many online and in-world collaborating groups of writers,…
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Craig Davidson

CRAIG DAVIDSON was born and grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario, near Niagara Falls. He has published three previous books of literary fiction: Rust and Bone, which was made into an Oscar-nominated feature film of the same name, The Fighter, and Sarah Court. Davidson is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and his articles and journalism have been published…
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Carolyn Marie Souaid

Carolyn Marie Souaid is the author of seven books of poetry and the editor of over a dozen. Her work has been shortlisted for a number of literary awards, including the A.M. Klein Poetry Prize and the Pat Lowther Award. She was born and raised in Montreal, where she still makes her home. This World We…
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BFW 2015 Scott Chantler

Scott Chantler was born in Deep River, Ontario, Canada, and still hates the cold. He grew up in St. Thomas, a small Ontario city best-known for having run over Jumbo the elephant with a train. He began his career creating visual art for Fortune 500 companies. In 2000, he found himself fulfilling his childhood ambition…
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