Editor in Chief and Publisher - Goran Simic

He was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina on October 20, 1952. His poetry, essays and reviews have appeared in all the prominent journals of the former Yugoslavia as well as publications in England and Canada. He also wrote short stories, plays, radio plays and was the editor of several literary magazines. He came to Canada as a landed immigrant in February 1996 under the auspices of PEN Canada. He was a senior resident of Massey College. His most recent book From Sarajevo with Sorrow (Biblioasis, 2005) went to a second printing in January 2006.

GORAN'S PUBLISHED WORKS:

• Stories from Yesterday's People, stories, (Zoro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2005)
• Yesterday's People, stories, (Biblioasis, Windsor, 2005)
• Immigrant Blues, poetry, (Brick Books, Toronto, 2003)
• Book of Wondering , selected poems,( Rad, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 2002)
• Alledaagse Adam , selected poems, (Atlas, Amsterdam, Holland, 1999)
• Peace and War (with Fraser Sutherland, Private edition, Toronto, Canada 1998)
• Sprinting from the Graveyard (Oxford University Press, England, 1997)
• Sorrow of Sarajevo (Cargo Press, England, 1996)
• Sarajevo Sorrow (MCZM, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1995)
• Sarajevos Sorg (Sypress Forlag, Norway, 1995)
• Sarajevos Sorg (Studiekamraten, Sweden, 1995)
• Sarajevo - Ojeblikke af en Krig (Gyldendal, Denmark,1995)
• Placz Sarajewa (Pogranicze, Poland, 1995)
• Sarajevon Suru (WSOY, Finland, 1994)
• Sarajevska tuga (IN Press, Serbia, Studio B-92, Serbia, Vodnikova Domacija, Slovenia, 1994)
• Fantasy Book, poems for children, (Svjetlost, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1989)
• A Step into the Dark (Svjetlost, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1987)
• Selected Poems (Svjetlost, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1985)
• Mandragora (V.Maslesa, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1982)
• Vertigo (V.Maslesa, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1977)
• A Period Next to a Circle or a Journey (Svjetlost, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1976)

OTHER BOOKS

• Three plays for Puppets (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1998)
• A Fairy Tale about Sarajevo, Roentgen S, Germany 1995)
• Thumbellino the Lanky (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1988)

THEATRICAL WORK

• Wind in Uniform - comedy (Magic Theatre, San Francisco,USA,1999)
• Lonely Goalkeeper (Cahooz theatre, Toronto, 2005)
• London Under Siege (libretto) composed by David Wilde (National Theatre Hannover, 1999)
• Europe (libretto) composed by Nigel Osborne (National Theatre Sarajevo, 1995)

PUPPET PLAYS - PRODUCED

• Where is Winter (1988,1989, 1996)
• A Fairy Tale about Sarajevo (1994)
• Legend of Dunjaluk (2006)
• Marko the Prince and the Fairy (1988)
• A Cubical Ball (1987)
• Spring, Summer, Fall (1986)
• The Little Match Girl (1985)
• Thumbellino the Lanky (1986)

His poetry was included in several world anthologies in several languages as Scanning the Century by Penguin book (2000), Banned Poetry by Index of Censorship (1997) and 101 Poems Against War (2003) by Faber and Faber as well as war anthologies in France and Italy.

His essays were included in anthologies such as: The act of Writing, McGraw-Hill Ryerson and Speaking in Tongues, The Banff Center Press.