Guest Artist

Jim is a freelance teacher, artist, and writer. He is the author of eight volumes of poetry, a short story collection, and three novels. He has been a finalist for the CBC Literary Award in both the fiction and poetry categories. His poetry book Rooster, Dog, Crow was Shortlisted for the 2019 Raymond Souster Award, and his poems have been included in anthologies across the United States and Canada, including The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008, 2010 and 2014. For over two decades, Jim has taught writing workshops and/or participated as an author or instructor at literary venues such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Toronto International Festival of Authors, and the Winnipeg International Writers Festival.