Yannick Renaud works in Montreal for Les éditions Les Herbes rouges. He is also administrative director of the poetry review Estuaire and has long been active in the production of literary events in Quebec.

Hugh Hazelton is a writer and translator who specializes in poetry from Quebec and Latin America. His translation of Vétiver, by Joël Des Rosiers, won the Governor General’s award for French-English translation in 2006. He teaches spanish translation and Latin American civilization at Concordia University in Montreal.