Candice JamesCandice James was appointed Poet Laureate Emerita of New Westminster BC by order of City Council Nov.2016 after serving 2 consecutive three-year terms as Poet Laureate. She's founder of Royal City Literary Arts Society, and Fred Cogswell Award For Exellence in Poetry; past president of Federation of BC Writers. She's a full member of the League of Poets. She's the author of 21 books of poetry through 6 Publishing Houses. Her first book A SPLIT IN THE WATER was published 1979 by Fiddlehead Poetry Books, University of New Brunswick. Read More Read Less