Event Speaker: Lishai Peel

Lishai Peel is an award winning writer and educator based in Hamilton. She has over a decade of experience working in the arts and culture sector, most recently, serving as the Executive Director for Hamilton’s Festival of Readers and Writers.Her essays and poems have been published by Book*hug Press, Room Magazine, Lilith Magazine, Hey Alma, Middleground Magazine, Arc Poetry Magazine, The Malahat Review, Illanot Review and others.Lishai holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Guelph University. By night, she writes poetry, and by day, she works in organizational leadership in the startup industry. She is proud to be Hamilton’s inaugural Poet in Place.