Here is a poet to quiet the heart with flashes of the natural world as hope in coping with the true difficulties of living. Donna Kanes poems engage us because they pay as much attention to themselves as they do to their subjects: the north, living in community, living fully in the moment, and moving on from loss.

Donna Kane''s work has appeared in journals and magazines across Canada. In 2000 she received the Lina Chartrand Award for poetry. Her first book of poems, Somewhere, a Fire, was published in 2004 by Hagios Press (Regina). In addition to her writing, Donna runs the Writing on the Ridge Reading Series. Writers from across Canada have experienced the Peace River''s unique hospitality. Kane has also organized retreats, festivals, and writer in residence programs throughout the Peace River region, and this summer she will be assisting in the second Muskwa-Kechika Artist Exploration Camp and the Muskwa-Kechika Naturalist Camp.