Candice JamesCandice James is a professional writer, poet, visual artist, musician, singer/songwriter, workshop facilitator and book reviewer for Canadian Poetry Review and Pacific Rim Review of Books and many Canadian book publishers. She completed her 2nd threeyear term as Poet Laureate of The City of New Westminster, BC CANADA in June 2016 and was appointed Poet Laureate Emerita in November 2016. Her credentials are: Founder of: Poetry New Westminster; Poetry In The Park; Poetic Justice, Slam Central and Royal City Literary Arts Society; Past President of the Federation of British Columbia Writers; and Past Director of SpoCan. She has been keynote speaker at "Word On The Street", "Black Dot Roots Cultural Collective", "Write On The Beach" and has judged the "Pat Lowther Memorial Award" and "Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poet Award". She received Pandora's Collective Vancouver Citizenship Award; and the Bernie Legge Artist/Cultural award.She is the author of 20 books of poetry with 7 different publishers. She has featured at many venues both civic and public and appeared on television and radio. She has presented workshops, mentored writers; written prefaces and reviews, published articles, and short stories. Her poetry has appeared in many international anthologies and her poems have been translated into Arabic, Italian, Bengali, German, Chinese, and Farsi. Her artwork has appeared in Duende Magazine; CQ Magazine; Wax, Poetry Art Magazine and in the "Spotlight" at Goddard College of Fine Arts, Vermont, USA and her poetry inside and artwork ("Unmasked") on the cover of Survision Magazine, Dublin, Ireland and her poetry. For more information check Websitewww.candicejames.com Read More Read Less