Holly Flauto

Holly Flauto (she/they) lives and writes on the traditional, ancestral and stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Selilwitulh Nations. Holly's debut poetry-memoir collection exploring immigration to Canada as a modern-day settler, Permission to Settle (Anvil Press), was named one of the top poetry books of 2024 by CBC Books. Her fiction and creative memoir has previously been published in The Ex-Puritan, Joyland, and The Rusty Toque. They also perform as Stella Palermo on the local story and poetry slam stages. Holly grew up moving between the US and South America; she immigrated to Canada in 2008.