Paul Vermeersch is a poet and editor. Born in Mississauga in 1973, he grew up on the shores of Lake Huron, in southwestern Ontario, studied at the University of Western Ontario, and taught at the English Language Teachers’ Training College of Słupsk in Poland. He was the founder of The I.V. Lounge Reading Series and editor of The I.V. Lounge Reader anthology (Insomniac Press, 2001). He has written the poetry collections Burn(ECW Press, 2000), which earned him a place among the finalists for the 2001 Gerald Lampert Award, The Fat Kid (ECW Press, 2002), and most recently, Between the Walls (McClelland & Stewart, 2005). His next collection of poems, The Reinvention of the Human Hand, is forthcoming from McClelland & Stewart in spring 2010. He lives in Toronto, teaches at Sheridan College, and is poetry editor for Insomniac Press.
www.paulvermeersch.blogspot.com

Robert Everett-Green grew up in Alberta, famous for its dinosaurs. On a recent visit, he was surprised to find these great beasts  stampeding through the tar sands.
He has had short fiction published in Geist and Queen’s Quarterly, is working on a novel, and writes about music and other things for the Globe and Mail.

Erin Robinsong is an interdisciplinary writer, dancer and salonista. She is co-curator of The Twilight Bike-In (an outdoor movie theatre on Ward’s Island) and Tertulia, a monthly literary salon (launching September 25th). Other activities include singing with her (mostly conceptual) bands Barbershop Celan and Decibelle, bookbinding and teaching dance to kids at the Harbourfront Centre. Currently earning an MFA from the University of Guelph, she is a recipient of the Irving Layton award for poetry, and is working on a book of poems structured around homonyms.

Treasa Levasseur is a well-connected member of the roots music scene in Canada, and has shared the bill with artists as varied as Terra Hazelton, Fred Eaglesmith, the D.Rangers, Dan Whiteley, Justin Rutledge, Fefe Dobson, Peaches, Danny Marks, Shakura S’aida, Divine Brown, The Hidden Cameras, Bob Wiseman, Kurt Swinghammer, Valdy, Mia Sheard, Claire Jenkins, The Undesirables and Serena Ryder. Her first full-length album, Not A Straight Line, was released in early 2006. The release of her follow-up, Low Fidelity, will be celebrated with a launch party at Lula Lounge on October 2.
www.treasalevasseur.com

Johan Hultqvist is an activist and the lead singer of JUNO-nominated Afrobeat collective Mr. Something Something. He grew up in Sweden but calls Roncesvalles Village home. His only remaining vice is wine gums.