Event Speaker: Joanne Merriam

Joanne Merriam is a writer and poet from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She is the author of the Pride and Prejudice retelling Aether and Ego (Inanna Publications, 2026) and the poetry collection The Glaze from Breaking (Strike Books, 2005). Her poetry and fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and journals, including The Antigonish Review, Escape Pod, Pank, Per Contra, and Strange Horizons. Find her at joannemerriam.com and @joannemerriam.bsky.socia