Elizabeth Zetlin, award-winning poet and filmmaker, is the author of five previous poetry collections, including
(Black Moss Press). She was Owen Sound’s inaugural poet laureate; co-founder/ artistic director of the Words Aloud Spoken Word Festival; and first recipient of Owen Sound’s “Out- standing Individual in the Arts Award.

She’s co-producer/director of the climate change documentary Resilience: Transforming Our Community. Her current work focuses on the inter- sections of nature and human relationships in the face of climate change.. Liz lives with her husband in Owen Sound and is a proud mother of two sons and grandmother of two teenagers and a seven-year old. Visit her at ezetlin.com.