Phil Hall is the author of THE SMALL NOUNS CRYING FAITH (BookThug, 2013), KILLDEER (BookThug, 2011), WHITE PORCUPINE (2007), An Oak Hunch (Brick Books, 2005), and Trouble Sleeping (Brick Books, 2001). He has taught writing and literature at York University, Ryerson University, Seneca College, George Brown College and elsewhere. Currently, he offers a manuscript mentoring service for the Toronto New School of Writing. Hall has recently been writer-in-residence at Queens University amd the University of Windsor. In fall 2013 he will be an instructor at the Banff Cenre for the Arts, in the Wired Writing Program.