Nancy Jo Cullen

Nancy Jo Cullen is a playwright, poet and fiction writer. Her plays The Waitresses (co-written with Anne Loree), Forever There and Gone Tomorrow (co-written with Rose Scollard) and Another Saturday Night have all been produced by Maenad Theatre in Calgary, of which...

Yvonne Trainer

Yvonne Trainer was born in 1959 and raised south of Manyberries, Alberta as an only child, 32 miles from the nearest neighbour. She has a BASc (English) from the University of Lethbridge, an MA (English/Creative Writing) from the University of New Brunswick and has a...

Cicely Veighey

Cicely Adams Veighey spent her early childhood in the tiny seaside town of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Tales of smuggling, hauntings and magnificently heroic shipwreck rescues – the stuff of local legend – inspired endless games of pirates, Roundheads and Cavaliers, and...

Rosalee van Stelten

Rosalee van Stelten has won many awards for her poems, including: Finalist, Canada’s Cowboy Festival, Calgary; National poetry contest; Gold watch award, Calgary Herald; Christmas story contest; and Alberta Senior’s Games, Culture Division, bronze medal for...

Catherine Moss

Catherine Moss lives in Calgary and has often spent summer and fall hiking in the high country.  Her favourite destinations involve the transition from forest to alpine tundra.

Arran Fisher

Arran Fisher was born in Brisbane, Australia, and raised in Saskatoon, Vancouver, and Calgary. He has a philosophy degree from the University of Calgary, where he studied writing under Nicole Markotic and Fred Wah. Since then he has travelled to Europe, the United...