Bio

Bernadette Wagner is a mother, poet, activist, singer, and micropress publisher living in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her poetry has been broadcast on radio, published in journals and anthologies, and appeared in film, on CD, and on the web. In 2010, Thistledown Press will publish her first book of poetry, this hot place. She currently writes a non-fiction column for Canadian Dimension magazine and has had other non-fiction work appear in Briarpatch magazine and The Prairie Dog. In June 2007 she was one of 85 women who gathered to record the vocal tracks for the CD, My Heart is Moved. During the 2007 Saskatchewan election she wrote as The Regina Mom for the CBC Sask Votes 2007 Election Blog Squad. This fall, she was part of a multi-author blog commissioned by rabble.ca for commentary on the 2008 Canadian federal election.