Donna Kane, a recipient of the Aurora Award of Distinction: Arts and Culture (2009), is the current executive director of the Peace Liard Regional Arts Council and co-founder of Writing on the Ridge (a non-profit society that has, for over twenty years, organized arts festivals, literary readings, artist retreats, and writer-in-residence programs). Her work has appeared in journals and magazines across Canada and she is the author of two poetry titles, Somewhere, a Fire and Erratic (Hagios Press, 2004 and 2007). She currently lives in Rolla, BC, with her husband Wayne Sawchuk.