Contributor’s Notes

Andrew Braithwaite is a former associate editor at Azure, and has written for the Globe and Mail, enRoute, Eye Weekly and other publications.

Melissa Bull has published fiction and poetry in Event, Matrix, Pistol, Headlight and Carte Blanche. Her chapbook Eating Out (WithWords) was published in 2009. Bull lives in Montreal, where she is the editor-in-chief of CMS World Media.

Madeline Coleman is Maisonneuve’s associate editor. Her previous article for the magazine was “How to Run a DIY Party Space” (Issue 37).

Abou Farman is a writer and artist. His writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Believer, the Huffington Post, Bidoun and the Utne Reader. As part of the duo caraballo-farman, he has exhibited installation and video art at the Tate Modern, MoMA PS1 and the Havana Biennial. His previous article for Maisonneuve was “The Intelligent Universe” (Issue 36).

Kaitlin Fontana is a National Magazine Award–winning writer from Vancouver. Her work has appeared in the Walrus, Spin, Rolling Stone and Exclaim! Her first book, Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records (ECW Press), will be released this October.

Sheila Heti is the author of We Need a Horse (McSweeney’s) and The Chairs Are Where the People Go (Faber and Faber), written with Misha Glouberman. Her previous column was “On Art and Authenticity” (Issue 39).

Rahat Kurd lives in Vancouver. Her previous article for Maisonneuve was “Things That Make Us Muslim” (Issue 36).

Anita Lahey lives in Fredericton. Her first collection of poems, Out to Dry in Cape Breton, was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award and the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. A new collection, Spinning Side Kick, will be released this fall.

Anna Leventhal was nominated for the 2008 Journey Prize, and her story “The Yoga Teachers” won second place in the 2009 Quebec Writing Competition and appeared at maisonneuve.org.  She is currently working on a collection of short stories.

Pasha Malla is the author of The Withdrawal Method (House of Anansi) and All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts (Snare Books). His first novel, People Park, will be published next year. His previous column was “Time’s Up” (Issue 39).

Drew Nelles is Maisonneuve’s editor-in-chief. His previous article for the magazine was “Shock of the Old” (Issue 35).

Julie Salverson writes plays, essays and opera. She wrote an opera called Shelter about atomic culture, and is writing a book titled Atomic Elegy: Finding Community in Haunted Places. She teaches drama at Queen’s University.