Nicole Haldoupis is a queer writer, editor, designer, illustrator, and rug hooker from Tkaronto/Toronto. She’s a former managing editor of Breakwater Books, a former editor of Grain, and a co-creator of untethered and Applebeard Editions. Her work can be found in Riddle Fence, Bad Dog Review, The Feathertale Review, Bad Nudes, antilang, and others. She completed an MFA in Writing at the University of Saskatchewan in 2016 and is currently working towards an MA in English at Memorial University. Her first book, Tiny Ruins (Radiant Press, 2020), was shortlisted for four 2021 Saskatchewan Book Awards and the 2022 Association of Italian-Canadian Writers (AICW) Bressani Literary Prize, and is currently being adapted into a feature-length film by Rogue Rock Pictures. Most recently, she won the 2023 Gregory J. Power Poetry Award. Nicole lives in St. John’s, Ktaqmkuk/Newfoundland.
Photo by Geoff Pevlin.