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Hosted in conjunction with the Writer's Collective, the series features winners, nominees, and other notable local poets.
John Toone's first book of poetry, From Out of Nowhere, will be published by Turnstone Press in 2009. Two children's books that he wrote will be published in the U.S. by Bluewater Productions. John is the President of the Manitoba Writers' Guild, and father to two rambunctious kids.
Jan Horner has published two books of poetry and a chapbook. Her first book of poems, Recent Mistakes (Turnstone, 1988), won the McNally Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award. In 2001/2002 she was writer-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Her latest book of poems, Mama Dada (or songs of the Baroness's dogs), will be coming out from Turnstone Press in spring 2009. She works as a librarian at the University of Manitoba, is a fan of English football, and is trying to learn German.
Dennis Cooley, a native of Saskatchewan, has lived for many years in Winnipeg where he teaches, edits, and writes. His latest book is correction line (Thistledown, 2008).
