FOUNDER, Website Design

Evelyn is an artist, writer, and editor living on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples. After earning a Double Honours degree in Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, they moved to Vancouver to earn their MA in Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Social Justice at UBC. As if this wasn’t enough schooling to be getting on with, they hopped streams into the Master of Publishing program at SFU. They now work in the editorial department at New Society Publishers.

Evelyn’s first book of poetry was published by Penrose Press. They sell their salvaged art locally and online as Heliotrope Design.

FOUNDER, Audio Engineering, Engagement, Assistant Editor

Larissa is an artisan, writer, and exploration enthusiast living on the traditional unceded traditional territories of the Quw’utsun peoples. She has a Double BA from UVic and an MFA from UBC. Larissa has a content writing background, and is currently part of the grant writing team at a local charity. Larissa’s work created from her small business, Craft Cove Studio, has been displayed by the Craft Council of BC, the Cowichan Valley Arts Council, the East Side Arts Society, Rainforest Arts, and more. When she isn’t working on her craft(s), you can find her snacking with her wife, singing out-of-tune to her tomato plants, and admiring the holes her little pup manages to dig. You can find more information about her artistic journey on her website.

Director of Development, Managing Editor, Digital Marketing

Claire Miller-Harder is a writer and MFA recipient from the University of British Columbia. Her writing has appeared in The Capilano Review, Room and filling Station, and her poem “Dishwashing” is cited among Notable Poems in Best Canadian Poetry 2020. Working in many forms and genres, her writing explores themes of belonging, spirituality, and grief through a queer, feminist lens.

Audio Engineer, Proofreader

Lena (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on poetry, photography, stand-up comedy, and music. Her poetry weaves humour and vulnerability together, touching on themes of adhd, queerness, disability, and love. Their writing can be found in Plenitude, Eavesdrop, and Sea and Cedar Magazine. They can be found around Vancouver Island telling jokes in the basements and/or rafters of microbreweries, taking photos by the ocean, and writing poetry and songs.