Jenna Butler is the author of three books of poetry; a collection of essays, A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail; and a new travelogue, Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard. She teaches creative writing and eco-criticism at Red Deer College.

Doug Horner is a Calgary-based writer, editor and researcher and a former departments editor at Alberta Views. His most recent AV article was about rural theatre (May 2015). His byline has also appeared in Alberta Venture, Swerve, This, Leap and Sharp.

Joel French is the executive director of Public Interest Alberta, where he’s worked since 2014. Previously, French was a communications and administrative officer with Friends of Medicare and an assistant to then- NDP leader Brian Mason.

David Staples has been an Edmonton Journal writer since 1985; he’s currently a city hall columnist and hockey blogger. He has won two National Newspaper Awards (1992 and 2005) and two National Magazine Awards (1995).

by Peter MacKinnon
Reviewed by Paul Axelrod

 by Marcello Di Cintio
Reviewed by Jenna Butler

by Kit Dobson
Reviewed by Andrew Guilbert

by Leslie Gavel
Reviewed by Jay Smith

by Don LePan, Laura Buzzard and Maureen Okun
Reviewed by Ian Samuels