Sheri-D Wilson, the Mama of Dada, is a poet, author and community weaver. Fifty turns around the sun ago, her first work carried her pagan visions into print, and she has followed that thread ever since. With a surrealist eye and a laser-sharp wit, she enchants audiences with the irreverent jazz of her words and …
Ashley-Rae creates poetry, prose, paintings, and photographs on Alberta’s oldest working ranch in treaty 7 territory. Her work has appeared in several print and online publications including The F-Word, Freefall, and Arc Poetry. She explores motherhood, witchcraft, slutdom, ecofeminism and power in her art in contribution to exterminating the patriarchy. Socials Witches’ Well & Cello …
Mary Vlooswyk visual art and award-winning poetry is published locally and internationally. She is an avid reader, a contributing editor for ARC Poetry, writes book reviews, and has judged poetry for Alberta Magazine Awards, and Saskatchewan Book Awards. An adult student of cello she lives on the edge of Fish Creek Park with her husband. …
Morag Northey is an award-winning cellist, sound designer and writer. She was recently published in Eugene Stickland’s Caffè Beano Anthology. Her play 17’premiered in B.C., Alberta, and New Mexico, leading to readings at Woolf’s Voices and the University of Calgary. She sound-designed Theatre Network’s Jupiter by Colleen Murphy and is developing The Retriever. You might …
Eugene Stickland is a playwright, novelist and poet. Earlier this year he edited the third Beano Poetry Anthology which featured the work of more than 50 Calgary artists including Mary, Sheri-D and Morag. He is currently the Calgary Public Library’s author in residence. Socials Witches’ Well & Cello Spells Wednesday, October 28, 2026 – 7 …
Ashley J.J. White is an arts worker, community builder, and writer of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Her work has been published in Shadow and Sax, After Dinner Conversation, and Paddler Press, among others. When she’s not writing, hosting something, or community organizing, she’s bouncing around at concerts, smelling flowers, and jumping into rivers and …
Johnny D Trinh (johnnydavidtrinh.com) is an interdisciplinary, spoken word artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Johnny is the Artistic Director of Vancouver Poetry House (vancouverpoetryhouse.com) and Executive Director at Historic Joy Kogawa House (kogawahouse.com). Johnny is also the Founder and Artistic Producer of Stage To Page Performance Society (stagetopage.org), bringing cross-disciplinary mentorship to help spoken …
Orunamamu (1921–2014), meaning “Morning Star,” was a celebrated American-Canadian storyteller, raconteur, and griot whose voice carried her across the United States and Alaska, overseas to the United Kingdom and Egypt, and finally to Canada. Born Marybeth Washington, she spent thirty years as a schoolteacher – a colourful, rule-breaking presence beloved by her students in Wisconsin, …
Ashley Frerichs (aka Ashley J.J. White) is a Calgary, Canada-based writer and arts worker. Her work has been published in Shadow and Sax, After Dinner Conversation, Wild Roof Journal, and more. She loves to read and write about social issues, philosophy, human nature, and relationships and is deeply inspired by the natural world. She advocates for …