Fireweed: A Women’s Literary and Cultural Journal

The Fireweed Collective published Fireweed: A Women’s Literary and Cultural Journal from 1976-2002. Issues of Fireweed often focused on a particular topic, though some were “open.” The Spring 1983 issue focused on women of colour, led by an editorial team of women of colour. Other issues focused on lesbian sexuality, Jewish women and feminism, and other ground-breaking topics.

More about Fireweed: A Women’s Literary and Cultural Journal

Description excerpted from “Afterword” – Volume 2 Spring 1979

“FIREWEED is a feminist journal dedicated to publishing work from a wide range of viewpoints and cultures. We welcome submissions from new and established writers on politics, the arts, grass roots feminist, ideology, herstory, personal discoveries, and interviews.”

“The Fireweed Collective was formed in February 1978 to create a new feminist journal devoted to stimulating dialogue, knowledge, and creativity among women. We are committed to an editorial policy of diversity, and we do not intend to represent a particular style or aesthetic. We recognize the importance of an exchange among the various sectors of the women’s community. The journal is devoted to the concept of women learning from and sharing with one another. The journal itself will provide an “on the job” learning experience for those who become involved in its production.

The women involved in Fireweed operate as a collective with each member participating in all areas of production.”

Issues of Fireweed: A Women’s Literary and Cultural Journal

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 10 – Spring 1981

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Author(s):

    Anne Mclean, Anne Collins, Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, Margaret Atwood, Mary Meigs, Clara Oakley Call, Elda Concordia, April Marshall, Ellen Bass, Anne Szumigalski, Roo Borson, Karen Frazier, Erin Mouré, Marilyn Bowering, Arny Christine Straayer, Meagan Ward, Beth Wilcox , Gay Bell

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 11 – 1981

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Author(s):

    Rhea Tregebov , Janet Patterson , Susanna Benns, A.S.A Harrison, Pamela Godfree, Anna Jean Mallinson, Rina Fraticelli, Edie Hoffman, Ann Pearson, Yvonne M. Klein, Linda Gustaphson, Thelma McCormack, Jeanne Harrison , Kerri Kwinter

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 12 – 1982

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Author(s):

    Carolyn Smart, Sarah Diamond, Joanna Hubbs, Gillian Robinson, Lina Ladron de Guevara, Bronwen Wallace, Theresa Bacon, Ellen Bass, Ethel Harri, Maureen Harris, Pamela Oxendine, Susan Swan, Carole Itter, Ann Mathers, Susan H. Poteet, Helen Weinzweig, Donna E. Smyth

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 13 – Summer 1982

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Author(s):

    Jovette Marchessault, Marie Lafleur, Chavah Mintz, Anne Cameron, Francie Wyland, Cy-Thea Sand, Mary Schendlinger, Frances Rooney, Sue Golding, Jane Creighton, Nicole Brossard, jan mcmillin, Josée Yvon, Ellen Quigley, Jane Rule, Susan Poteet, Susan G. Cole, Susan Sturman, Mary Meigs, Midi Onodera, Pamela Hori, Coral Arrand, Ann Pearson

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 14 – Fall 1982

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Author(s):

    Cynthia Flood , Bibbi Lee, Shirley Endicott Small, Judy Posner, Carole Yawney, Neila Gupta , Carlyn Moulton, Yvonne Klein, Robin Belitsky Endres, Paula Cornwall, Judi Stevenson, Lilian Allen, Erin Mouré, Pamela Williams, Susan Eckenwalder

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 15 – Winter 1982

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Author(s):

    Rosemary Donegan, Joyce Mason, Kay Armatage, Carlyn Moulton, Lisa Steele, Varda Burstyn, Carol Condé, Renée Baert, Sharon H. Nelson, Joyce Wieland, Merilyn Fairskye, Martha Rosler, Mary Kelly, Deborah Barndt, Linda Lok, Dawna Gallagher, Azélie Zee Artand

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 16 – 1983

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Author(s):

    Clarita Roja , Cecilia Green, Kerri Sakamoto, Claire Harris, Prabha Khosla, Karen Pheasant, Makeda Silvera, Sylvia Hamilton, Suniti Namjoshi, Ayanna Black, Esmeralda Thornhill, Anita Gore, Dee September, Nila Gupta, Dora Nipp, Pam (Afua) Cooper, Himani Bannerji , Martha Panchano, Juliette Iserhoff , Desiree Hinkson

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 18 – Winter/Spring 1984

  • Year created:

    1984

  • Author(s):

    unknown

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 2 – 1979

  • Year created:

    1979

  • Author(s):

    Gay Allison , Elizabeth Brady, Lynne Fernie, Rina Fraticelli, Hilda Kirkwood, Charlene Sheard, Carole Spearin McCauley, Catherine Wright, Christine Bearchell, Gianna Patriarca, Cécile Cloutier, Klara Balla, Janis Rapoport, Nancy Prasad, Kathleen McDonnell, Ruth Cooperstock, Margot Livesey, Kathryn Jordan, Gwen Hauser, Karen Lynne-Henderson , Liz Nickson, Jeanette Urbas, Maria Jacobs, Joy Parks, Libby Scheier

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 44/45 – Summer 1994

  • Year created:

    1994

  • Author(s):

    Michelle Alfano, Mehri Yalfani, Myriam Chancy, Claudia Gahlinger, Zaffi Gousopoulos, Kyo Maclear, Rozeena Maart, Nancy Chater, Ana C.P. dos Santos, Sandra Haar, Silvana Hernando, Marusya Bociurkiw , Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood, Rachel Kalpana James, Cathy Daley

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 5/6 – Winter 1979 / Spring 1980

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Author(s):

    Elizabeth Brady , Rina Fraticelli, Jane Rule, Barbara Astman, Pamela Fishman, Linda Rahm, Anne McLean, Marilyn Julian, Janice Steinberg, Jovette Marchessault, Marge Piercy, Penny Kemp , S.E. Carlisle, Lorna Uher, Ellen Quigley, Lorraine Vernon, Marian Bluger, Vancy Kasper, Helene Rosenthal, Daphne Marlatt, Mariana Valverde, Joan Murray, Barbara Godard, Susan J. Wolfe , Nancy Nicol, Nicole Brossard, Denise Boucher, Josette Feral, Carolyn Bayard, Suzette Henke, Gloria Feman Orenstein, Maija S. Blaubergs, Michèle Jean, Susan H. Poteet, Anne Bolgan

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 66 – 1999

  • Year created:

    1999

  • Author(s):

    Linda Eisenstein, Claudette Cohen, Rita D. Costello, Twinkle Reyes, Carrianne Leung, Karen Stewart, Christina Springer, Eva Tihanyi, Julianna Whiston, Rachel Sohn, Jennifer Blair, brenda simmers, Jennifer Hoofard, Crystal Hurdle, Jane Byers, Joy Hewittt Mann, Elizabeth Smith, Helen E. Colclough Melbourne, Unity Durieux, Cathy Stonehouse, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Lisa Pasold, Rebecca Lee Yates, Amy Wack, Sandra Morris, Christina K. Hutchins, Carolyn Jo Doran, Kathleen Marie Hankinson, Sarah B. Wiseman, Jennica Harper, Bridget Wayland, Sarah Hope Denbigh, Jennifer Harris

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Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 68 – 2000

  • Year created:

    2000 or after

  • Author(s):

    Janean Williams, Sandra Rabadzievski, Percy Lezard, Kathleen Olmstead, Margarita Miniovich, Elizabeth Ruth, Roewan Crowe, Camilla Gibb, Jerri Jerreat, Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha, Kristy-Ly Green, Chocolate Waters, Luise Ondarra, Rona G. Altrows, Gena Smith, Barbara J. Sibbald, Beth Follett, Tamara Rae, Francesca L’Orfano

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Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 7 – Summer 1980

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Author(s):

    Constance Brissenden, Lorraine Segao, Joanne Gormley, Robin Belitsky Endres, Margaret Dragu, Nina Levitt, Martha Fleming, Lisa Steele, Polly Fleck, Betsy Warland, Maria Kaufman, Ellen Quigley, Susan Poteet, Lynne Fernie

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 8 – Fall 1980

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Author(s):

    Peggy Smith Baker , Valerie Harris, D. Ann Taylor, Susan Taylor, Marie-Clair Rouyer, Ann Cipriani, Joss Maclennan, Robin Belitsky Endres, Maya Deren, Rosemary Aubert, Susan Glickman, Cathy Ford, Laura Sky, Catherine Mcloed, Kate Lushington, Elizabeth Chitty, Susan Britton, Gloria Orenstein, Susan Poteet, Chris Bearchell, Anne Cameron

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly – Issue 67 –1999

  • Year created:

    1999

  • Author(s):

    Molly Charbonneau, Allyson Mitchell, Devra Pollack, Miss Mariko Tamaki, Zahra Dhanani, T.J. Bryan, Alexis Vaughn, Kerry Daniels-Zraidi, Amy Walton, Carol Latchford, Anna A. Hillen, Leanne Cusitar, Cathy Robb, Emily Pantin, Bytch Femme, Lisa Ayusa, C.M. Donald, Sharmylae Taffe-Hetcher, Chubbalicious, Pretty Porky & Pissed Off, The Fat Avengers

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Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly, Issue 32 – Spring 1991

  • Year created:

    1991

  • Author(s):

    Camie Kim, Candis J. Graham, Annharte, Eira Patnaik, Gita Saxena, Julie Brickman, Kathy Mac, Margaret Tongue, Kerrie Charnley, Karen Augustine, Rowena Maart, Patricia M. Wourms, Thuong Vuong-Riddick, Eva Szekely, Alisa Gordaneer, Virginia Dansereau, Marusia Bociurkiw, Pamela Godfree

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