LJ Weisberg

LJ Weisberg is a Chinese immigrant and trans-masculine artist residing on the lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples, colonially known as Victoria, BC. Their complex intersections of identity inform their work, which focuses on their often fraught search for belonging and troubled roots. Since moving to BC in 2018, they have featured most notably at Vancouver Poetry Slam, Tongues of Fire, Verses Festival of Words, Mashed Poetics and The Growing Room Festival. They have competed in the Vancouver Poetry Slam’s Finals, sacrificed for the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam (CIPS) and Hullabaloo and traveled to Toronto to compete at Voices of Today in 2019. More recently, LJ has hosted Tongues Of Fire and judged Victorious Voices Spoken Word Festival in 2022 and 2023. Their publications include pieces in UVIC’s This Side of West, KPU’s PulpMag, Adoption Canada and Write Bloody North. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a specialization in Writing from the University of Victoria.

Region: Vancouver Island (CRD)