Allan Briesmaster

Allan Briesmaster is a freelance editor, publisher, literary consultant, and the nationally known author of ten previous books of poetry, including Interstellar (Quattro Books, 2007). He was centrally involved in organizing the popular weekly Art Bar Poetry Reading Series from its beginnings in 1991 until 2002, and has been a host and organizer of many other literary events in the Toronto area since then.

As an editor working with several literary presses, Allan has been instrumental in the production of more than 60 books of poetry and non-fiction since 1998. In 2008 he co-edited the ground-breaking anthology Crossing Lines: Poets Who Came to Canada in the Vietnam War Era for Seraphim Editions. Widely published in journals and anthologies, Allan has read his poetry in venues from Victoria to St. John’s. He lives in Thornhill, ON with his wife Holly, a visual artist with whom he has collaborated several times.

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