Formed in 2023 from the beautiful city of Montréal, Dead Stick People bring a new and deliberate edge to the city’s up and coming alternative rock scene. With a bumpin’ rhythm section, gritty/pretty guitars, and deeply honest lyrics, Dead Stick People write music that is of equal parts fun and thought provoking

Born and raised in NDG, Collin now lives in the South Shore as a full time single dad to his two teenage sons John and Patrick. Living with them are their younger half-siblings Harrison and Charlee, and their step-dad Gerry. A blended family brought together by the death of the children’s mother Sandee, who passed suddenly and unexpectedly in 2019.

Candice Ann is a book lover, serial hobbyist, and writer based in Montreal. She is the Editor-in-Chief at Forget The Box. She holds an English degree that led to a career in marketing, but she is currently pursuing a master's degree in Information Studies with the goal of becoming a librarian, so she can work surrounded by dusty pages for the rest of her days.

LFCD is a Montréal-based artist whose skills lie in the reconstruction of materials and conveying ideas and issues circling our modern time such as environmentalism, politics, and activism through their artworks.

Born in the '90s in Barcelona, Spain, and with Montreal deep in his soul, Swiim is a multidisciplinary artist who blends music and visual art to create immersive experiences. Known for his ambient beats, downtempo electronic tracks, and boom-bap hip-hop, he’s also a rapper and film composer.

Foster Gareau is a queer montreal-based, French-Canadian poet, bibliophile, sentimentalist and recovering alcoholic. He is currently serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Soliloquies Anthology for the 2025/2026 academic term.

Jeffrey Weinstein started stand up six years ago as a change of life reflex to aging. As a senior comic on the spectrum, he struggles with emotional self-regulation and cannot hold back critiques of hypocrisy and social and moral injustices.

fernando belote (Fern) is a multidisciplinary bixa/queer artist and the president of DC-Art Indisciplinaire, the first artist-run center in Quebec exclusively supporting disability diversity.

Martin Saint was the lead-singer and second guitar player with Montreal's The Ember Glows. He is now pursuing his own solo project full time as well as other collaborations with various local musicians.

Patrick O'Reilly is a poet from Renews, NL, now living in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke. He is responsible for two chapbooks, A Collapsible Newfoundland (Frog Hollow Press, 2020) and Demographics Report November 2023 (Cactus Press, 2024).