Nikki Reimer is the author of [sic] (Frontenac House, 2010) and fist things first (Wrinkle Press Chapbook, 2009). She is a poet, blogger, curator, arts event planner, and cat photographer. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in VancouverisAwesome.com, W 2010, West Coast Line, Matrix, Front, Prism International and BafterC, and two of her poems were featured in the poetry-inspired dance show “Larimer St.” performed by Decidedly Jazz Danceworks in 2005. She is interested in inter-disciplinary practice, publishing, mental health issues, animal rights, public space, the vernacular and contemporary poetics.
Reimer was a founding editor of (orange) magazine, a co-editor and designer of KSW’s W12: All Music issue, and creator of the disjunct! performance series. She has blogged for Lemon Hound and the Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival. Reimer lives in Vancouver where she is a member of the Kootenay School of Writing and a board member at W2 Community Media Arts. She blogs at http://nikkireimer.com.