Born in Indiana, Catherine Browne grew up in Montreal. She has a degree in history from the Université de Provence. A professional translator since the 1980s, for the past fifteen years she has conducted guided tours designed to provide Montrealers with new ways of thinking about their city’s past and present.
Jamie Brownlee is a teacher and researcher at Carleton University and the author of several books including Academia, Inc.
Our Editorial Committee includes BTL founders, BTL staff past and present, academics, and community activists:
Tola Ajao, Barâa Arar, Jonathan Barker, David Bush, Devin Clancy, Amanda Crocker, Julie Devaney, Doreen Fumia, Steve Izma, Mike Ma, David Molenhuis, Karina Palmitesta, Chris Samuel, Aparna Sundar, Jamie Swift, Richard Swift, Julie Tomiak, Melissa Vincent
Paul Buhle, a labour historian of 1960s vintage, published Radical America Komiks in 1969. After an explicable lapse of 35 years, he has produced, since 2005, a number of non-fiction comics, including Wobblies! A Graphic History. He lives in Rhode Island.
Mélissa Bull is a writer, editor, and translator based in Montreal. She has published a collection of poetry, Rue, a collection of short stories, The Knockoff Eclipse, and has translated such works as Nelly Arcan’s collection Burqa of Skin and Marie-Sissi Labrèche’s novel Borderline. Her translation of Maxime Raymond Bock’s novel, Morel, was a finalist for the 2024 Governor General’s Award.
Bev Burke has taught international solidarity education, especially in Latin America, for many years. She has worked with a range of unions, including the Steelworkers, Autoworkers, and Postal Workers.
Dani Burlison (she/her) is the author of Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories, a collection of essays that first appeared in her McSweeney’s Internet Tendency column of the same name, and the Lady Parts zines. She has been a staff writer at a Bay Area alt-weekly, a book reviewer for Los Angeles Review, and a regular contributor at Chicago Tribune, KQED Arts, The Rumpus, and Made Local magazine. Her writing can also be found at Ms., Yes!, Earth Island Journal, Wired, Vice, Utne, Ploughshares, Hip Mama, Rad Dad, Spirituality & Health, Shareable, Tahoma Literary Review, Prick of the Spindle, and more. Her writing also appears in several anthologies. She lives, teaches, and writes with her two kids in Santa Rosa, California.