Bio
Jonathan Ball is a writer, filmmaker, and scholar, currently ABD PhD at the University of Calgary. He studies Canadian literature and creative writing, and has taught classes on experimental fiction and 20th century horror. His BA and MA degrees in English were earned at the University of Manitoba, the MA completed under the supervision of George Toles. His PhD supervisor is Suzette Mayr.
His first book of poetry, Ex Machina, will be released by BookThug in Fall 2009. His second book of poetry, Clockfire, will be released by Coach House Books in Spring 2010. BookThug will also release another book, The Words of the Book (co-written by kevin mcpherson eckhoff), at a later date.
His short film Spoony B has appeared on The Comedy Network, and his screenplay Way of the Samurai (co-written with David Navratil) was rewritten and directed by Joseph Novak as the feature film Snake River, to be released independently.
He is the former Managing Editor of Dandelion magazine, the former film/video section editor at Filling Station, and the former short films programmer for the Gimli Film Festival.
He also writes the humour column Haiku Horoscopes.
