Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews is a poet, author, teacher, and also host & coordinator of the Oakville Literary Cafe Series. She has published four books of poetry and her most recent book of poems, A Jar of Fireflies, was published by Mosaic Press and received wide critical acclaim. Her poems have been anthologized widely including in The Malahat Review, Descant, Canadian Voices, Volumes 1 and 2, andThe Canada Cuba Literary Alliance; she has won numerous literary awards; and she has also authored two non-fiction books, In the Name of Hockey and How the Italians Created Canada. She lives in Oakville, Ontario.