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Ronda L. Eller was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised
in Woodstock, Ontario. Throughout the years she has had individual poems published in various yearbooks and newsletters plus anthologies such as ~ Dreams Gone By ~ The Sounds of Silence Anthology
~ and MythWeavers;
Canadian
Myths and Legends.
In 1994 Ronda’s only chapbook ~ My Harmonic Perfection ~ was published. Shortly thereafter
she became a mom and shifted her attentions to parenthood; withdrawing from any public forums. In 2004 she returned with
the publication of Whale Songs in the Aurora Borealis. Her
poems have been published by Serengeti Press, HMS Press, Poemata, Canadian Zen Haiku Magazine (under her haijin name “kinshu
ori”) and The Innisfree Poetry Journal. In Summer 2008 some of her poetry will appear in Labour of Love Literary Journal. Ronda is currently
the National Media Coordinator for the Canadian Poetry Association and a Co-owner & Moderator of the C.P.A. Online Poetry
Workshop Participatepoet. She is also a book reviewer and has adjudicated a number
of poetry competitions both locally and on a national scale. The Lion and the Golden Calf is her largest offering of poetry in a single volume yet!
| Michael Mirolla |
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Michael Mirolla A graduate of the UBC Creative Writing Masters Program (one of the
first), Michael Mirolla is a transplanted (originally from Montreal) Toronto novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright.
Publications include two novels Berlin and The Boarder and two short story collections The Formal Logic of Emotion and Hothouse Loves & Other Tales. One of his stories, “A Theory of Discontinuous Existence,”
was selected for The Journey Prize
Anthology, awarded for the best fiction published in
Canadian literary magazines during the previous year. Another short story, “The Sand Flea,” was nominated for
the Pushcart Prize. His short prose has appeared in dozen of journals, as well as anthologies such as Event’s Peace & War Anthology, Telling Differences ~ New English Fiction from Quebec ~ Tesseracts 2: Canadian Science Fiction ~ the Collection of Italian-Canadian
Fiction ~ and
New Wave of Speculative Fiction
Book 1. He has won several awards: The Solange Karsh Medal and Ottawa Little Theatre Certificate as first prize winner
of the Canadian Playwriting Competition; the Macmillan Prize in Creative Writing; and a Canada Council Arts Award. He has
also had several plays produced as well as a poetry chapbook and poetry in various journals in Canada, the U.S. and Great
Britain.
| Trish Shields |
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Trish Shields was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, but grew up in Europe.
She has studied creative writing at the Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario. Soul Speak, a book of poetry published
by Troubadour Books, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 2001. Trish has two books of poetry published and
her work has appeared in numerous anthologies. Her first fictional novel, Inferno is published by Baycrest Books.
Trish’s poetry and short stories have been published internationally. Her first chapbook, Coast Lines,
co-authored by Katherine L. Gordon, was released in February 2007.
| Katherine L. Gordon |
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Katherine L. Gordon lives to write in a secluded river valley where the wild cycles
of nature inform her work. She is an author, editor, publisher and reviewer, with award winning poetry published in many languages
including Chinese and Hindi. She has two
full collections with her third Translating Shadows to be launched by Craigleigh Press in May. Her forthcoming work Breaking Bread at the Inn for
Wayward Souls will be published by Sky Wing Press early in 2009. Katherine has collected the works of fine contemporary writers into many anthologies, Myth Weavers, her book of Canadian Myths and Legends, was released by Serengeti Press in April 2007. Katherine is a literary critic, many of her reviews appear in Canadian Annual
Books in Review. She is a mentor to young writers. Katherine believes that poetry is the bond cementing cultures, a vital component of Canadian culture, as well as an antidote to an increasingly
impersonal world.
| Penn Kemp |
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Penn Kemp Sound/performance poet Penn Kemp performs in arts
festivals and conferences around the world. The League of Canadian Poets proclaimed her one of the foremothers of Canadian
poetry. Since 1966, Penn has taught creative writing and sounding in Canadian schools, from Kindergarten to University.
Now she has happily returned to her home town (and her childhood home!) after four decades' away. Born and raised near
London, Penn received her Honours BA in English from U. of Western Ontario and her M.Ed from U. of Toronto. Since Coach
House published her first book in 1972, Penn has been pushing text and aural boundaries, often in participatory performance.
Among her publications are twenty-five books of poetry and drama, ten CDs of Sound Opera and Sound Poetry as well as Canada's
first poetry CD-ROM: sample www.pennkemp.ca www.mytown.ca/pendas/, http://myspace.com/pennkemp and www.mytown.ca/poemforpeace/. Through Pendas Productions, Penn edits and publishes poetry book/cd combinations, www.mytown.ca/twelfth/. Some of the CDs and interviews are archived on Gathering Voices, her radio program on www.chrwradio.com/talk/gatheringvoices and www.mytown.ca/gatheringvoices. Updates are on www.mytown.ca/pennletters/.
Penn is delighted to be publishing poetry on the ethereal edge with SkyWing Press!
| Linda Lee Crosfield |
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Linda Lee Crosfield was
born in Nelson, BC. She spent three decades working in the travel industry in Ottawa, Windsor, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Now she’s back in her beloved Kootenays, where she lives in Ootischenia (near Castlegar) with her husband, Ted. Her
work has been published in Room of One’s Own, Horsefly, The New Orphic Review, Poemata,
The Minnesota Review and Ascent Aspirations. She has poems in the anthologies Between Sleeps (en theos
press 2006), Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined (Seal Press 2006), and The Fed Anthology (Anvil
Press 2003), and in her chapbook, Ways to Get to Here (NIB Publishing 2004). In 2005 her manuscript placed in the top
ten for the Shaunt Basmajian Award and in 2006 one of her poems was a finalist in the international competition, Being At
Work. She’s a member of the editorial committee for WordWorks, the Federation of BC Writers’ quarterly journal.
She makes handmade and limited edition books through her imprint, NIB Publishing. NIB stands for nose-in-book, where hers
can usually be found. Skywing Press will publish her manuscript, aMUSEme(a)nt, in July 2009.
| Katerina Fretwell |
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Katerina
Fretwell's fifth poetry collection, Samsara: Canadian in Asia has just been released by Pendas Productions
and includes her art and music. She chaired the Lowther Jury Prize for the League of Canadian Poets in 2005 and edited two
anthologies for the League's Feminist Caucus. She has poems forthcoming in Rampike, The Windsor ReView, and the anthology
Crossing Lines: Poets who came to Canada in the Vietnam Era. She sings choral tenor and paints in all media. Katerina is a
full member with The League of Canadian Poets. Her sixth poetry collection Highest Potential will be published by SkyWing
Press, Clinton in October 2009!
| Andre Narbonne |
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André Narbonne was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. After graduating
from the marine engineering program at Georgian College he worked the Great Lakes and Eastern seaboard as an engine room officer
on board bulk, hydrographic and fishery patrol vessels and oil tankers. Returning to school in the 90s, André completed
his B.A. and M.A. at Dalhousie University (Halifax) and his PhD at the University of Western Ontario (London). He currently
teaches at the University of Windsor.
André is a former chair of the BS Poetry Society (Halifax), and his poetry and prose have appeared
in many North American publications including Queen’s Quarterly, Rampike, Antigonish Review and Storyteller Magazine.
He has won several writing awards including first place in the Atlantic Writing Contest for “The Advancements,”
which was included in Best Stories 06 (Oberon Press). HOT OFF THE PRESS (April 2008): Andre has been named
the 2008 recipient of the David Adams Richard Prize by the Writer's Federation of New Brunswick for his collection of short
stories titled "The Separatists"!
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