Kirk Ramdath

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Author

Kirk Ramdath is a mainstay among Calgary’s poets and spoken-word artists. His “Passion Pitch” poetry series has brought together a wide range of writers to share their words and music, drinks and discussion in an era when the open mic reading, so fertile a ground for...

Ron Charach

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Author

Winnipeg-born Ron Charach is the author of eight books of poetry, among them Dungenessque, winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Poetry in 2003. His work is widely published in national and international journals and anthologies of writing by doctors about...

Anna Marie Sewell

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Author

Anna Marie Sewell lives in Edmonton.  Fifth World Drum is her first book-length collection of poetry. She also writes and performs theatre, prose and song; recent work includes 2007’s Honour Songs project, part of Edmonton’s Cultural Capital year; and editing the 2009...

Pierrette Requier

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Author

Pierrette Requier, a long time member of the Stroll of Poets Society of Edmonton, facilitates the Wind Eye Poetry Seminars. For the last ten years, she has been involved in spoken word performances as a student and as a group facilitator. She has performed her poetry...

Andrew Oko

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Author

Andrew Oko is a curator, educator, administrator, and historian of Canadian art. He holds a Bachelors degree in English Literature from the University of Calgary, and a Masters degree in the History of Art from the University of Toronto. From 1972 to 1977, Oko worked...

Richard Stevenson

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Author

Richard Stevenson is the author of twenty-one books and a CD of original jazz and poetry with jazz/poetry troupe Naked Ear. Recent titles include Hot Flashes: Maiduguri Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka (Ekstasis Editions, 2001), A Charm of Finches: Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka...