Rob Read (1978– ) grew up in rural Ontario, Canada, and has lived in Toronto since 1996, other than a year in the UK in 2002–2003. His most recent books are O Spam, Poams: Selected Daily Treated Spam (BookThug, 2005) and Atone Neither Overflowing Clause, a collaborative pair of novellas written with AEM (Produce Section Press, 2005). Read also publishes hand-made books through Produce Press.
Souvankham Thammavongsa is the author of Small Arguments. The poems in Small Arguments were first published by the author over a series of handmade chapbooks. Her work has garnered praise for its "quiet, beautiful, jeweller's-eye lyrics" and has won the national Relit prize for poetry. Thammavongsa has presented her poems at the Emily Carr and Harbourfront' s Premiere Dance Theatre. Pedlar Press will release her new work in 2007. |