Billeh Nickerson, BFA (UVic), MFA (UBC), is a writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate. He is the author of five books; the co-editor of Seminal: the Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets; and a former editor of PRISM international and Event, two of Canada’s most respected literary journals. He has performed at hundreds of readings and festivals across Canada and the U.S, and has served as writer in residence the Berton House in Dawson City, Yukon, Queen’s University’s in Kingston, Ontario and the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC. He is a former Chair and permanent faculty of the Creative Writing department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, BC.He has served on the Writers’ Union National Council on four occasions, including terms as Advocate, Treasurer and Second Vice-Chair.