Ottawa writer Barbara Myers has contributed poetry, essays and book reviews to many journals and anthologies. Slide, a full-length poetry collection, was a finalist for the Archibald Lampman award (2010). For eight years an active member of Arc Poetry Magazine’s board of directors, she also facilitated the Wellington Street Poets collective and produced frequent collections of the group’s work (as Firegrass Press). She is now working on a new book of poems.