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Publisher, Editor
KATHRYN MOCKLER is a writer, poet, and screenwriter. She is the author of the poetry books The Purpose Pitch (Mansfield Press, 2015), The Saddest Place on Earth (DC Books, 2012), and Onion Man (Tightrope Books, 2011). Her writing has been published in The Butter, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Found Press, Geist, and This Magazine. Currently, she is the Toronto editor of Joyland: a hub for short fiction and the publisher of the online literary and arts journal The Rusty Toque.
KATHRYN MOCKLER is a writer, poet, and screenwriter. She is the author of the poetry books The Purpose Pitch (Mansfield Press, 2015), The Saddest Place on Earth (DC Books, 2012), and Onion Man (Tightrope Books, 2011). Her writing has been published in The Butter, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Found Press, Geist, and This Magazine. Currently, she is the Toronto editor of Joyland: a hub for short fiction and the publisher of the online literary and arts journal The Rusty Toque.
Senior Literary & Reviews Editor
AARON SCHNEIDER lives and works in London, Ontario. His writing has been published in Danforth Review, Filling Station, and The Puritan.
AARON SCHNEIDER lives and works in London, Ontario. His writing has been published in Danforth Review, Filling Station, and The Puritan.
Senior Literary Editor
JACQUELINE VALENCIA is a Toronto-based writer, poet, and critic. Her contributions can be found in various publications across Canada. She is a CWILA board member and a part of the Meet The Presses collective. Jacqueline’s work, James Joyce remixes, and poetry experiments can be found at jacquelinevalencia.com.
JACQUELINE VALENCIA is a Toronto-based writer, poet, and critic. Her contributions can be found in various publications across Canada. She is a CWILA board member and a part of the Meet The Presses collective. Jacqueline’s work, James Joyce remixes, and poetry experiments can be found at jacquelinevalencia.com.
Interviews Editor
ADÈLE BARCLAY is a writer and critic based in Vancouver. Her debut collection of poetry was shortlisted for the 2015 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry and is forthcoming from Nightwood Editions. Her writing has been published in The Pinch, The Literary Review of Canada, Cosmonauts Avenue, Matrix, and elsewhere. Currently, she is the CWILA Links Editor and is writing a doctoral dissertation on American poetry and film.
ADÈLE BARCLAY is a writer and critic based in Vancouver. Her debut collection of poetry was shortlisted for the 2015 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry and is forthcoming from Nightwood Editions. Her writing has been published in The Pinch, The Literary Review of Canada, Cosmonauts Avenue, Matrix, and elsewhere. Currently, she is the CWILA Links Editor and is writing a doctoral dissertation on American poetry and film.
Social Media Editor
One day JOSHUA P'NG picked up a pen and now doesn’t know how to stop writing. His work has appeared in the filling station, untethered, Daily Science Fiction, Sewer Lid, and the Great Lakes Review. When he isn’t writing, he sketches people on the train, reads graphic novels, and tries to get lost on bike trips.
One day JOSHUA P'NG picked up a pen and now doesn’t know how to stop writing. His work has appeared in the filling station, untethered, Daily Science Fiction, Sewer Lid, and the Great Lakes Review. When he isn’t writing, he sketches people on the train, reads graphic novels, and tries to get lost on bike trips.
Social Media Editor
SANCHARI SUR is a feminist/ anti-racist/ sex-positive/ genderqueer Canadian who was born in Calcutta, India. Her work has been published in Matrix, Jaggery, The Feminist Wire, Women in Clothes (Penguin 2014) and elsewhere. A PhD candidate in English at Wilfrid Laurier University, she blogs at http://sursanchari.wordpress.com.
SANCHARI SUR is a feminist/ anti-racist/ sex-positive/ genderqueer Canadian who was born in Calcutta, India. Her work has been published in Matrix, Jaggery, The Feminist Wire, Women in Clothes (Penguin 2014) and elsewhere. A PhD candidate in English at Wilfrid Laurier University, she blogs at http://sursanchari.wordpress.com.
Film Editor
MIKE VASS is a filmmaker and writer based in New York. His films have screened at numerous festivals and galleries, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, and the Philadelphia ICA. He was the 2012 winner of the Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize, and his writings have appeared in Cinema Scope, Cineaction, Canadian Art, C Magazine, Momus, MACHETE, and The Rusty Toque. Michael received his BFA from Simon Fraser University and his MFA from York University. He's an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre's Directors' Residency as well as the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Program in Brooklyn. Website: www.michaelvass.com
MIKE VASS is a filmmaker and writer based in New York. His films have screened at numerous festivals and galleries, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, and the Philadelphia ICA. He was the 2012 winner of the Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize, and his writings have appeared in Cinema Scope, Cineaction, Canadian Art, C Magazine, Momus, MACHETE, and The Rusty Toque. Michael received his BFA from Simon Fraser University and his MFA from York University. He's an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre's Directors' Residency as well as the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Program in Brooklyn. Website: www.michaelvass.com
Comics Editor
JAMIE Q is a visual artist who makes sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, art books, zines, and textile pieces. Their most recent projects work through ideas around arts economies and value, craft and repurposed materials, gender and queerness, and process-based play. These ideas occasionally intersect in different ways, but not usually all at the same time. Jamie Q has worked for the comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly and has taught printmaking at Western University. They are currently based in Toronto. Website: www.jamieq.net
JAMIE Q is a visual artist who makes sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, art books, zines, and textile pieces. Their most recent projects work through ideas around arts economies and value, craft and repurposed materials, gender and queerness, and process-based play. These ideas occasionally intersect in different ways, but not usually all at the same time. Jamie Q has worked for the comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly and has taught printmaking at Western University. They are currently based in Toronto. Website: www.jamieq.net
