Devin Gallant is a new and unique talent now making his name on the literary and poetry scene. He has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He arrived on the literary scene in Toronto in 2002 at the age of seventeen with a first collection of poems. Over the next four years, he performed throughout Toronto. In addition, he curated The Diamond Cherr Reading Series; hosted events for Lichen Magazine, Misunderstandings Magazine, and Carousel Magazine, as well as special events for ZED and CBC's Arts Collection; made a cameo appearance on Bravo's television series Heart of a Poet; and launched Cactus Press. He completed a BA in English Literature at Concordia University in Montreal in 2017. He lived in Paris for a year, where he became a regular performer at the popular readings series: Spoken Word Paris. He now co-hosts a bilingual reading series, Accent: Cactus Press.