Authors
Antony Di Nardo
Antony Di Nardo is the author of six books of poetry. In addition to being a finalist for the CBC Poetry Prize, his work has won the Gwendolyn MacEwen Poetry Award for best suite of poems and was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
Bruce Kauffman
Bruce Kauffman lives in Kingston and is a local poet, editor, and organizer of literary events. His written work has appeared in several anthologies and journals, two chapbooks, and four collections of poetry, with still arriving his fifth. Beyond writing and editing, he facilitates intuitive writing workshops. In 2009 he founded, and still organizes and hosts the monthly ‘and the journey continues’ open mic reading series. In 2010 he debuted his weekly spoken word radio show, ‘finding a voice’, on CFRC 101.9fm, and continues to produce and host it. You can find him on Facebook. Email: bruce . kauffman @ hotmail . com
David Blaikie
David Blaikie is a journalist and writer who grew up in Nova Scotia. He has published three volumes of poetry.
Dinh Le Doan was born in South Vietnam; he now lives in Beaconsfield, Québec. He has a PhD in engineering from the University of New South Wales and has worked, since 1978, as an engineer in the Canadian space industry. During his retirement he devotes his time to writing poetry in English, his second language.
Don Gutteridge
Don Gutteridge is the author of more than seventy books: poetry, fiction and scholarly works in pedagogical theory and practice. Don lives in London, Ontario.
John Tyndall
John Tyndall lives in London, Ontario with an Angora tuxedo cat named Buddy. His previous books include Listen to People (Hidden Brook, 2020) and The Fee for Exaltation (Black Moss, 2007).
KV Skene
K.V. Skene was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, grew up in Lachine Que., subsequently lived in various parts of Ontario and BC until moving ‘temporarily’ to England where, except for a year in Ireland, she remained for eighteen years.
Miguel Olivé
Miguel Ángel Olivé Iglesias is Editor-in-chief of the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance (CCLA) magazine, The Ambassador, also Assistant Editor of, The Envoy newsletter, and CCLA President in Cuba. He is the publisher of SandCrab books and the Bridges Series of books. Born in 1965 in Bayamo, Cuba, he travelled to Holguín City in 1977 for his Junior, Senior High and College studies.
Mike Madill
Mike Madill holds a B.A. in Psychology from York University. His poems have been published across Canada, including in a variety of periodicals. He was shortlisted for Freefall’s 2019-20 Poetry Contest
Richard-Yves Sitoski
Richard-Yves Sitoski (he/him) is a performance poet and the 2019-2023 Poet Laureate of Owen Sound, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. His work has appeared in Prairie Fire, Train, The Fiddlehead, and elsewhere.
Richard M. Grove
Richard M. Grove, known to friends as Tai – The man of 8 Ps - Poet, Publisher, Photographer, Painter, President, Public Speaker, Potter and Person. He is the founding president of the CCLA. He is an author, editor, publisher.
Wendy Jean MacLean
Wendy Jean MacLean’s everyday life is rimed with numinous light. Her award-winning poetry explores the untold stories of ordinary objects like buttons and stones, and our deepest humanity.