https://canadianpoet.org/home daily 1.0 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1593407711346-Q6ZTT1Q3HA12LFILQGN8/abstract-painting-3952707.jpg Home - Plays Jessica Van de Kemp is an emerging playwright known for short scripts that allude to literary gems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1593407624318-AVZQEJTJU6BV0Q8JM6LD/abstract-painting-3952706.jpg Home - Books Jessica Van de Kemp’s poetry chapbooks have been praised for their lyricism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1593407734847-21QUUQ716U4MCFY8QF1F/abstract-painting-3952916.jpg Home - Publications Jessica Van de Kemp’s creative writing has been published in dozens of literary journals across Canada, the US, and other countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1580003196001-TP4671SR7AXSNHCC87DA/Van+de+Kemp+-+BWG+Photo+%28Large%29.jpg Home Portrait by Susie Kockerscheidt/Torstar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1593407563326-U4UBHRIA14C608UET4H1/abstract-painting-3952705.jpg Home - About Jessica Van de Kemp is an award-winning author, educator, and researcher at the University of Waterloo. https://canadianpoet.org/about daily 0.75 2024-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1580003343537-JWVQSYZA9QBWWT1HAEMP/20191225_180811.jpg About https://canadianpoet.org/books daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1580008721390-OQVMD592Z5SRCD54OGNO/SL+COver.PNG Books - SPIRIT LIGHT 28 pages The Steel Chisel, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1580008203234-E33AYWGMAYMUKHEF0YM1/0007.jpg Books - DAUGHTERS IN THE DEAD LAND 34 pages Kelsay Books, 2017 https://canadianpoet.org/publications daily 0.75 2025-05-06 https://canadianpoet.org/plays daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b33c50dcc8fed9d21ceb5ce/1580786833486-AMKHX96JPKX7ANUN25PN/Hatching+in+a+Cage+%281%29.png Plays - Hatching in a Cage LOGLINE Jaclyn returns to the town she hates only to find the love she lost. SYNOPSIS Hatching in a Cage alludes to Daniel Keyes’ novel Flowers for Algernon to engage with similar themes of friendship and loneliness. PRODUCTION Hatching in a Cage premiered at the Newmarket National Play Festival (NNPF) at the Old Town Hall in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, directed by Tom McHale in the LOST | FOUND pod from July 22–23, 2017, starring Kathleen Welch as Jaclyn and David Hudyma as Matt.