Issue #19 June 2017

Thanks for visiting the Spadina Literary Review.

Here's a bit of background on some of the contributors to this issue:

Brian Michael Barbeito (foto p.08) is a writer and photographer. An example of Michael's camera work is used as an illustration for the story "Doohicky".
Gabriella Bedetti ("Narrow Road") is a professor at Eastern Kentucky University, and is known for being translator of French writer Henri Meschonnic.
Daniel Brady Fernie ("One Sweet Day") lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
John Grey ("Marv") is an Australian poet currently living in Rhode Island, USA.
Elga Mannik ("Vito's Revenge") is the Europe-based associate editor of the Spadina Literary Review.
D.S. Martin ("Besides the Common Emptiness") has a number of books of poetry including Conspiracy of Light and Poiema. Visit his website dsmartin.ca.
Mark Martyre ("Oatmeal") is a touring musician whose most recent studio album is Bluebird. For more about Mark, visit markmartyre.com.
Brendan McHale (Cover art) lives in Toronto. See more of Brendan's work at cargocollective.com.
Roger Pridmore ("Doohicky") is the author of Rodents, a Kindle ebook about four mice who open a detective agency, available via Amazon.
Jim Read ("Mookie") lives in Toronto Parkdale. Join us next issue for the second and final part of Mookie's story. Visit Jim's site at jimread.ca.
Sheila Tucker ("Best in Show") runs a poetry & prose club in Oakville and blogs at joyoftheword.
Joan Wilding ("To the Voice Institute") lives in Kingston, Ont. Joan grew up on the Prairies and is a former general manager of The Edmonton Heritage Festival.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS ISSUE, SO...