DEVENEY, ABBY
ABBY DEVENEY is co-founder of The Lupine Review. Her creative writing has been recognized by Writers in Kyoto and Event magazine. A reporter, writer and editor who has lived and worked globally, Abby was editor-in-chief of The Guardian Weekly. Abby, a Canadian, divides her time between the UK and Whistler.
DE SOUZA, ADAM
ADAM DE SOUZA is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator. He has been drawing comics for as long as he can remember and self-publishing his work for the better part of a decade. His ongoing comic strip Blind Alley was 2022’s recipient of the Cartoonist Studio Prize for web comics. Outside of comics, he has illustrated […]
CHAN, MARTY
MARTY CHAN is an award-winning author of dozens of books for kids, including Cosplay Crime, Kung Fu Master and Haunted Hospital in the Orca Currents line, Dragon on the Loose and the award-winning Marty Chan Mystery series. He tours schools and libraries across Canada, using storytelling, stage magic and improv to ignite a passion for […]
CHAM, JC
JC CHAM is assistant editor at Arsenal Pulp Press. A graduate of SFU’s Master of Publishing program, they have worked as the project manager and production editor at the hybrid book publisher, Wonderwell, as well as copy edited and proofread for various BC publishers including Douglas & McIntyre and Harbour Publishing. JC and Arsenal Pulp […]
BYDLOWSKA, JOWITA
JOWITA BYDLOWSKA is the author of Possessed, the memoir Drunk Mom, and the novel Guy. She’s also a prolific short-story writer, journalist and a professor. Monster is her third novel. She is currently working on a non-fiction book about the topic of shame and a novel about menopause.
BUTLER, CARLY
CARLY BUTLER is a bisexual woman with ancestral Indigenous roots in Mexico. She was born in California, spent the first ten years of her life in the US, and was brought to Canada illegally in 1998. She has been a babysitter, a house cleaner, a barista and a birth doula, and now she is a stay-at-home-disability-mom […]
BLYTHE, ALI
ALI BLYTHE is the author of three critically acclaimed poetry collections exploring trans-poetics: Hymnswitch, Twoism, and Stedfast. About Blythe, Stewart Cole writes, “It’s exciting to see a writer so conscious of building a body of work within and across collections, pursuing not just a set of ideas and concerns but an artistic vision.”
BIKADI, HOLLY
HOLLY BIKADI has been harvesting food and medicine plants since she was a child. She learned these skills from her mother, and passes them on to people who want to learn. Well-versed in the picking, preparation and preservation of these vital plants, Holly makes a variety of syrups, salves and botanical extractions. The N’takmen Calendar […]
WALLACE, YVONNE
YVONNE WALLACE (Ucwalmicw) is from the Lil’wat Nation, is a graduate of Humber College’s Theatre Acting program and holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Capilano University. She has written three plays: Smothered Sweetly, The Last Dance, and útszan, a play dealing with language reclamation and her own progress in language fluency. She teaches ucwalmicwts […]
SIMS, ANDREW
ANDREW SIMS completed the Bachelor of Music in piano from Baylor University and Master of Music in piano from the University of Alberta. He maintains a busy teaching studio of students ranging from beginners to advanced. Andrew is an examiner for the Canadian National Conservatory of Music and is in demand as an accompanist in […]