Junie Désil is a poet. Born of immigrant (Haitian) parents on the Traditional Territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka in the island known as Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), raised in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg). Junie’s debut poetry collection Eat Salt|Gaze at the Ocean (TalonBooks, 2020) was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Credit for author pic: Joy Unaegbu


Larissa Lai has written eight books, including Salt Fish Girl, The Tiger Flu, and Iron Goddess of Mercy. Recipient of the Duggins Novelist's Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, the Astraea Award, and finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and eight more, she is active in cultural organizing, experimental poetry and speculative fiction communities. She holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary where she directs The Insurgent Architects' House for Creative Writing.

Hiromi Goto is an emigrant from Japan who gratefully resides on Lekwungen Territory. Her novels include, Chorus of Mushrooms, The Kappa Child, and Half World. Her most recent publication, Shadow Life, is a graphic novel with artist Ann Xu. She can be found on IG @hiromigotowrites.