Mona Fertig

MONA FERTIG began writing and publishing in her teens. Her new book of 30 prose poems; "Sex, Death & Travel" will be published by Oolichan Books in 1998. She has published 11 previous books and chapbooks, including 4722 Rue Berri (Caitlin Press) and was the editor of A Labour Of Love (Polestar Press), an anthology of poetry on pregnancy and childbirth. She was the Founder and Director of the Literary Storefront in Vancouver 1978-1982. She presently runs (m) Other Tongue Press, a private press on Salt Spring Island with her husband. (m) Other Tongue Press publishes exquisite limited editions of poetry and book art and has a year-round Writer's Retreat. She has two children and is working on her 1st novel.