Christine Lowther has been a lifelong activist and a resident of Clayoquot Sound since 1992. She is the co-editor of two collections of essays, LIVING ARTFULLY: REFLECTIONS FROM THE FAR WEST COAST (The Key Publishing House, 2012) and WRITING THE WEST COAST: IN LOVE WITH PLACE (Ronsdale Press, 2008), and the author of three books of poetry, MY NATURE (Leaf Press, 2010), HALF-BLOOD POEMS (Zossima Press, 2011) and NEW POWER (Broken Jaw Press, 1999). Most recently, several of her poems appear in FORCE FIELD: 77 WOMEN POETS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Mother Tongue, 2013).