Words that Walk in the Night

These poems give a heightened sense of the everyday. By focusing on the reality of familiar things, they reveal how we are constantly being reborn in different ways.

Poet and dramaturge Pierre Morency is one of Quebec's most honoured writers. He is the recipient of the Prix Ludger-Duvernay (1991), Prix France-Québec (1992), and the prestigious Prix Athanase-David (2000). In 1993 France made him a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

René Brisebois recently participated in the Canadian Encyclopedia of Writing project (University of Toronto Press) as a researcher and writer. He teaches French and is a research assistant at the University of British Columbia.

Lissa Cowan has worked as a translator and writer in Montreal and Vancouver. She recently received a writing fellowship at the Banff Centre for the Arts to complete a novel. She works as a publication co-ordinator and non-fiction writer in Vancouver, British Columbia.