Steven Heighton's most recent books are a novel, The Nightingale Won't Let You Sleep, and a poetry collection, The Waking Comes Late, which received the 2016 Governor General's Award for Poetry. His novel Afterlands has appeared in six countries, was a New York Times Book Review editors'
Choice, and is in pre-production for film. He has taught creative writing or served as a writer in residence for McGill University, Massey College, Queen's, Concordia, the Banff Centre, UPEI, the University of Ottawa, SLS, Sage Hill, and, currently, Athabasca University.
Angie Abdou is assistant professor of creative writing at Athabasca University and a regular book reviewer for Quill and Quire.
She has published one short story collection and four novels. Her first novel, The Bone Cage, was a CBC Canada Reads finalist in 2011, defended by NHL star Georges Laraque. The novel was included on Canadian Literature magazine's "All-Time Top Ten List of Best Canadian Sport Literature" and topped the CBC Book Club's list of Top 10 Sport Books.
She has published one short story collection and four novels. Her first novel, The Bone Cage, was a CBC Canada Reads finalist in 2011, defended by NHL star Georges Laraque. The novel was included on Canadian Literature magazine's "All-Time Top Ten List of Best Canadian Sport Literature" and topped the CBC Book Club's list of Top 10 Sport Books.
