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Mark Sampson [BOOK REVIEWS] was born and raised on Prince Edward Island and lived in Halifax for seven years, but is currently completing a Master’s in Creative Writing at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.

Richard Sanger [INTERVIEW, POEMS] is a poet and playwright who lives in Toronto. Richard is the author of Shadow Cabinet, a book of poems published by Vehicule Press in 1996, and several plays, including the Governor General Award nominated, Not Spain. His plays continue to be performed and his poetry has appeared widely, not only in Canada, but in the United States and Great Britain in such journals as the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement and Poetry Review. Richard has taught at the University of Toronto, and held positions as Writer in Residence with the University of New Brunswick and the University of Calgary.

Tom Schmidt [POETRY] writes: "My poetry chapbook, Passionate Intensity, was published by Pachyderm Press in 1996. A full sized book of my poetry called The Best Lack All was released in 1996 by Broken Jaw Press. My poetry and short stories have appeared in Blood and Aphorisms, Prairie Fire, The Wascana Review, sub-TERRAIN Magazine, Zygote Magazine, Burning Ambitions (anthology), Beyond Bad Times (anthology), Black Cat 115, Fan Magazine, Diverge Magazine, Stanzas, Front and Centre, Jesse James Chapbook Press, Kick it Over, the Unicorn Reader, like lemmings, Undertow, Treeline E-Zine, the Oyster Boy Review, Afterthoughts Magazine, Tickled By Thunder, Libel, Kairos 11, the Prairie Journal, imelod, Under a Prairie Sky (anthology), Our Fathers (anthology), and Blue Moon Magazine. I have had book reviews and articles published in Prairie Fire, Zygote Magazine, the Renovator, Ambassador Magazine, and the Winnipeg Free Press. I also recently did an Out Front episode for CBC national radio which featured some of my poetry. I am Manitoba Rep. for the League of Canadian Poets and I have served on the executive of the Manitoba Writers' Guild. I have given many readings at places such as Heaven Art and Book Cafe, Chapters, and McNally Robinson.  In 1998 I was the judge of the adult category of the New Brunswick Writers' Guild poetry contest."

Mark Schrutt [FICTION] was born in Buffalo, New York, and has been living in Toronto since the late 1980s. His credits include admission to the Dorset Writing Group, seven published stories including COMMITTED TO ART, SWEET-N-LOW SWINDLER, TROPHIES, PARKING STORIES, and THE EXCHANGE STREET METER. He is very involved in the Toronto writing community and the Canadian Authors Association.

Dianne Scott [FICTION] writes: "I am a Toronto writer and teacher living along side Lake Ontario. My poetry has been published in The Prairie Journal, Intangible, Pan del Muerto and Other Voices. My fiction has been featured in Tupperware Sandpiper. I was also a finalist in the Writers’ Union of Canada Postcard Fiction Contest 2000."

[BOOK REVIEWS] Kathy Shaidle's first collection, Lobotomy Magnificat (Oberon) was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. Her web site is www.kathyshaidle.com. 

We don't know anything about Jonathan J. Sherer [BOOK REVIEW].

[POETRY] Kenneth Sherman's long poem Black River, is forthcoming from Porcupine's Quill. His work has recently appeared in ARC, Grain, AGNI, Partisan Review, and Tikkun. TDR reviewed his book The Well.

Sandy Shreve [INTERVIEW] has published three poetry collections: The Speed of the Wheel is Up to the Potter (Quarry, 1990), Bewildered Rituals (Polestar, 1992) and Belonging (Sono Nis, 1997,) short listed for the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award). She edited the anthology Working For A Living (published in 1988 as a double issue of Room of One's Own and used as a text in several BC and Alberta Women's Studies courses for a number of years). Shreve founded Poetry in Transit in BC and for three years co-ordinated the project. In addition to sitting on four selection committees for Poetry in Transit, she has been a juror for the BC Book Prizes (poetry) and the Burnaby Writers' Contest (poetry). She has won the Earle Birney Prize for Poetry and received a National Magazine Awards honourable mention (for poetry).

[POETRY, INTERVIEW] Anne Simpson's first book of poetry, Light Falls Through You, was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2000. Her novel, Canterbury Beach, was published by Penguin in 2001.

J. Mark Smith [POETRY] writes: "My poems and essays have been published recently in The Santa Monica Review, Gulf Coast, and Fiddlehead. I live in Toronto, after eight years in California."

Carrie Snyder [INTERVIEW, POETRY] was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in Ohio, Nicaragua, and Ayr, Ontario. Her first book, Hair Hat, is published by Penguin Canada. She now lives in Waterloo, Ontario, with her husband and two children and is working on a novel. A book of poems titled Looking Back, I Want It All will be published in 2004 by the independent Kitchener-based press, Widows and Orphans.  See Snyder's website for more details.

David Solway [INTERVIEW, POEMS] is the author of many books of poetry including the award-winning Modern Marriage; Bedrock; Chess Pieces; Saracen Island: The Poetry of Andreas Karavis, The Lover’s Progress: Poems after William Hogarth and Franklin’s Passage. Among his prose publications, Education Lost won the QSPELL Prize for Nonfiction and Random Walks was a finalist for Le Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal. A collection of literary/critical essays, Director’s Cut, will be released in the Fall of this year. Solway’s work has appeared in such journals as The Atlantic Monthly, Canadian Literature, Descant, Parnassus, Partisan Review, Saturday Night and The Sewanee Review. He was appointed writer-in-residence at Concordia University for 1999-2000 and is currently a contributing editor with Canadian Notes & Queries and an associate editor with Books in Canada.

Ken Sparling [FICTION, BOOK REVIEWS, INTERVIEW] is a Toronto writer who works by day at the Toronto Reference Library. His latest novel is [untitled] (Pedlar Press, 2003). His first novel, Dad Says He Saw You at the Mall (Knopf, 1996), was edited by the genius/nutbar Gordon Lish.

Christine Speakman [BOOK REVIEWS] is a freelance book reviewer, and lives in Hamilton.

Carmine Starnino [INTERVIEW] is a Montreal poet, critic, and editor. Forthcoming in 2004 are his book of criticism on Canadian poetry, A Lover's Quarrel, from Porcupine's Quill Press, and, from Gaspereau Press, his third book of poems, With English Subtitles. Carmine's first book, The New World (Vehicule Press, 1997), was nominated for the 1997 QSPELL A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, the 1998 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for best first book, and was selected by Quill & Quire as one of the best Canadian books of 1997. His second book, Credo (McGill-University Press, 2000), won the 2001 Canadian Authors Association Prize for Poetry and the 2001 David McKeen Award for Poetry. His poems, reviews, and essays have appeared in a large number of national and international publications. Since 2001 Carmine is also the poetry editor for Vehicule Press's Signal Editions.

[INTERVIEW, FICTION] Fiction writer and playwright J.J. Steinfeld lives in Charlottetown, PEI. His work has received many awards, including the 1990 Creative Writing Award from the Toronto Jewish Congress Book Committee and first-prize ten times in TheatrePEI's annual playwriting competition. In 2003 he received the Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts on Prince Edward Island. His tenth book is Would You Hide Me?

[BOOK REVIEWS] Richard Stevenson's latest book, Hot Flashes, was published by Ekstasis Editions. He lives in Lethbridge, AB.

Deanna Symoski [FICTION] writes: "I am a 21 year old college student at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Currently, I am in my 6th semester as a Communications major. I have worked as both staff writer and features editor of The Behrend Beacon, the campus's weekly newspaper. I hope to continue my career in writing, particularly in fiction."

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Craig Taylor [FICTION] is a writer in London. He is a former editor at Saturday Night magazine and openletters.net. He is currently the editor of anonymousjuice.com.

A displaced southern girl living in Alaska, Stacy Taylor [FICTION] is old beyond her years, yet young enough to be foolish. Her work has appeared, or is scheduled to appear, in Smoke Long Quarterly, Good Gosh Almighty, Tattoo Highway, From the Asylum, Lost in the Dark, Outsider Ink, and T-Zero:  the Writer's Ezine.  Stacy can be reached here: stacy.w.taylor@gmail.com

Micheal Teal [BOOK REVIEWS] is a poet/spoken word artist -The Writing on The Wall - Calling all Writers - Night of the Living Dead Poets - Currently writing horoscopes and true ghost stories for www.701.com - Currently working on documentary about Haunted Theatres for a Toronto Production Company - website- www.bardic.on.ca/ancient.

Rob Thomas [BOOK REVIEWS] is a book reviewer and journalist. He has no narrative art expertise. His knowledge of the topic has been gleaned entirely from Scott McCloud’s book Understanding Comics and a ring and lantern generously provided by the Galactic Guardians of Oa.

Tony Thomas [FICTION] has an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Florida International University. He lives and writes in North Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Craig Thompson [BOOK REVIEWS] is a Toronto-based writer and editor.

Robert Pierre Tomas [POETRY] is a Toronto broadcaster and writer. He writes poetry and fiction in English, his third (or fourth) language. Currently he is writing his second novel, The Swimming Grass, under the tutorship of D.M. Thomas through the Humber School of Writers program.

Monique Tschofen [POETRY] teaches English and Communications and Cultural Studies at Ryerson University. Her poetry has recently been published in CV2, The Fiddlehead, the Whitewall Review, and the New Delta Review. She lives in Toronto.

[POETRY] Diane Tucker's first book of poems, God on His Haunches, was published in 1996 by Nightwood Editions. It was shortlisted for the 1997 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award.

[FICTION] Michael Twist's first collection of poetry "Here & Now" was published in 1998 by Jellyfish Communications. He has published in Maelstrom, The Peak Newspaper, and Two Chairs Magazine. In 2001, he published Highs and Lows: A Personal Approach to Living with Diabetes, which takes a much-needed unconventional approach to living with diabetes. He lives in British Columbia.

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Richard Van Camp [TOP 10 FIRST NATIONS WORKS FEATURE] was born in NWT and is a member of the Dogrib Nation. His poems and short stories have been published in numerous anthologies including Gatherings (III, IV and V), Whetstone, Descant, A Shade of Spring, Blue Dawn; Red Earth and Steal My Rage. He is a past winner of the prestigious Canadian Author's Association Air Canada Award. His first novel, The Lesser Blessed, was published in 1996. In 2000, it was translated into German. His children's books: A Man Called Raven and What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses? were published by 1997 and 1998. His first radio drama, "Mermaids" was commissioned and aired by CBC Radio for their 1998 Festival of Fiction. His short story collection Angel Wing Splash Pattern was published in 2002.

Gerard Varni [FICTION, POETRY] writes: "My work has appeared in printed journals, including pleiades and the baltimore review, as well as online at blue moon, crossconnect, web del sol, etc." 

Peter Vaughan [FICTION] is a writer living in Nova Scotia. He has been a musician, journalist, philosopher, primary care physician, UN Special Ops flight surgeon, lobbyist, and dot-com senior executive. A master of disguise, Peter has published extensively including travel features in the Toronto Globe and Mail, international news for the Lancet, and the British Medical Journal,  editorials in the Medical Post, humour in Stitches the Journal of Medical Humour, and he wrote and produced the television pilot MD TV for Global Television. Currently, Peter is working on his second novel.

Paul Vermeersch [INTERVIEW] is a Toronto-based poet and editor. He is the author of the The Fat Kid (ECW, 2002). His poems have appeared in journals and magazines in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. His first collection of poems Burn (ECW Press, 2000) was a finalist for the 2001 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for the best English language poetic debut in Canada. In 1998 he founded the I.V. Lounge Reading Series. His anthology the I.V. Lounge Reader (Insomniac Press) was published in 2001. He is the poetry editor for Insomniac Press. 

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[INTERVIEW] Anne F. Walker's books of poetry include The Exit Show, Into the Peculiar Dark, Pregnant Poems, and Six Months Rent. She founded Redwood Coast Press, and edited the anthology of poetry and poetic prose bite to eat place. Her poetry has been granted awards from the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, and the bpNichol Memorial Fund, and twice been awarded the Eisner Prize for Poetry. Her website is at http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/walker.htm. 

Patrick Warner [POETRY] lives in St. John's and has published poetry in a variety of periodicals and newspapers: TickleAce, The Fiddlehead, Matrix, Signal, The Sunday Telegram (St. John's), Poetry Ireland Review and Metre (Ireland). His first collection, All Manner of Misunderstanding, was published by Killick Press in the spring of 2001.

Barry Webster [FICTION] has published fiction and non-fiction in a wide variety of publications including The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Event, Fiddlehead, Matrix, and Prairie Fire. His work has been shortlisted for the National Magazine Award and the CBC Quebec prize. He has just completed his first novel.

For seven years Zachariah Wells [POETRY,  REVIEWS] toiled as an airline cargo hand in the territory of Nunavut. A chapbook of his poems will be published by Saturday Morning Chapbooks (Charlottetown) in the spring of 2004, and his full-length collection of Arctic poems, Unsettled, is due out with Insomniac Press in the fall of that year. He now lives in Halifax and on the world wide web at www.zachariahwells.com.

Joanna M. Weston [BOOK REVIEWS]: born in England; married to an accountant, Robert; 3 sons, one daughter-in-law, 3 grandchildren, two cats; has a green thumb and an enlarging garden. M.A. from the University of British Columbia; appears in several anthologies; published in Canada, U.S.A., U.K. etc. for the past 15 years in magazines such as CANADIAN WOMAN STUDIES, CHIRON REVIEW, DANDELION, ENDLESS MOUNTAIN REVIEW, SPIN, WRITER’S OWN MAGAZINE, GREEN’S MAGAZINE, etc.; reviews poetry. chapbooks: ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES, 1987; CUERNAVACA DIARY, 1990; SEASONS, 1993; ALL SEASONS, 1996 (2nd edition 1997). More info: http://www.islandnet.com/~weston/

Darryl Whetter [FICTION] is a professor of Creative Writing at the University of Windsor.

Nathan Whitlock [FICTION EDITOR, INTERVIEWS, BOOK REVIEWS] was the guest fiction editor for the January 2001 issue of TDR. Whitlock’s short fiction won the 2000 Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers, and was shortlisted in THIS Magazine’s 2000 Great Canadian Literary Hunt. He regularly reviews fiction for Quill & Quire and was Managing Editor for Descant. He lives in Toronto. He has his driver’s license, and can borrow steel-toe boots, if need be.

Carleton Wilson [SMALL PRESS FEATURE] is proprietor of Junction Books.

[POETRY, INTERVIEW] Elana Wolff's poems have appeared (or will appear) in acta victoriana, dig, imelod, Intangible, paperplates, Outreach Connection, Firm Noncommital, Jones Av. Quarterly, The Writing Space Journal, White Wall Review, Descant, Defiance, Broken Pencil, Kairos 11, Tower Poetry, Radiance, lichen, Diviners, The Harpweaver and The Backwater Review.

Cyril Wong [POETRY] is the author of four books of poetry in Singapore. Aside from being published in various international journals in the USA, UK, Australia and Malaysia, his poems have been adapted to music, film and the stage. He was a featured poet at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2003.

Mike Woods [REVIEW]: "Four years of higher education have left Mike Woods with an awkward combination of genuine literary cynicism and genuine literary snobbery. Please rant away at him at michaelwoods@hotmail.com."

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David Zakss [FICTION] writes: "David took film at U of T because he didn't want to do a real subject. He enjoys investigating the designs of narrative in many media, starting with the millennial ritual of written language. David was once a denizen of the Danforth, for a number of vital years in his puny human lifespan."

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