Diana Hayes

Diana Hayes was born in Toronto and has lived on both coasts of Canada. She studied at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, receiving a BA and an MFA in creative writing. She has six published books, including Gold in the Shadow (2021), Deeper into the Forest (2020 Spoken Word/CD), Labyrinth of Green (2019), and This is the Moon’s Work: New and Selected Poems (2011). She has lived on Salt Spring Island – the Traditional and unceded Territory of the Hul’q’umi’num’ and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples – since 1981. www.dianahayes.ca