poems by ANITA LAHEY
artwork by PAULINE CONLEY
October 2020
40 pp., thread bound, 5.75"x 7.5"
ISBN # 978-1-928066-64-9
cover of St. Armand Canal paper
flyleaf of Obonai Feather paper

Anita Lahey’s memoir The Last Goldfish: A True Tale of Friendship was published in 2020 by Biblioasis. Her other books include The Mystery Shopping Cart: Essays on Poetry and Culture (Palimpsest Press, 2013) and two Véhicule Press poetry collections: Spinning Side Kick (2011) and Out to Dry in Cape Breton (2006). The latter was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the Ottawa Book Award. Anita is also a journalist and series editor of the annual anthology Best Canadian Poetry. She lives in Ottawa with her family.

Pauline Conley studied fine art at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, and English literature at Thompson Rivers University, and has worked extensively in the cultural sector as an artist, curator, administrator, fundraiser and teacher. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout western Canada and Ontario. She has worked as an artist for several organizations, including the global network WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), using illustrations, graphics, text and video to support the explanation of systems, plans and data, and the creation of popular materials. She can be found at www.paulineconley.com.

Author drawing by Pauline Conley.