David Barton

David Barton is a professor of comparative literature working in Taiwan. His previous books include two novels, Teaching Inghelish in Taiwan and Saskatchewan, as well as a book of essays, Pornography of the Emotions. Barton’s second collection of poems, Saskatchewan Gothic, with drypoint illustrations by Jennifer Wise, will be published by Poppy Press next year.

Jennifer Wise

Jennifer Wise is an associate professor of theatre history at the University of Victoria. Her books include Dionysus Writes (1998), The Broadview Anthology of Drama (2003), and a new translation of Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Methuen, 2013). Wise’s prints and drawings have been exhibited in solo and group shows in Toronto and Victoria, and are held in private collections in Canada and the U.S.

Alexander Lavdovsky

Alexander Lavdovsky studied painting and printmaking at the Folk Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, and has won several prestigious awards for his design and illustration of limited-edition books by P.K. Page, Linda Rogers, and Alice Major. He also attended The Institute of Graphic Arts in Prague for 5 years where he mastered the crafts of letterpress printing and engraving. His artwork has been
shown in solo and group exhibitions in Czechoslovakia, USSR, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland and Canada. He is a member of the Limners and his works are in private collections around the world.