the whither poems is a poetry collection by Catherine Edward, a septuagenarian grandmother. "Whither is an oldish word, with a helpful attitude. I love it for that," she says. "The overarching theme of the book is 'that which cannot be' while admitting to 'what must be'. It is in the response to unanticipated, uninvited change that one's mettle is revealed."

Catherine Edward's memoir The Brow of Dawn One Woman's Journey with MS was shortlisted for Best Atlantic Published Book in 2005; winner of the first PEI Book Award 2006. An American version was published and in 2008 it was excerpted in the Canadian anthology Northern Lights. She is represented in the Acorn Press Christmas anthology, Snow Softly Falling, 2015. Catherine and her husband, Michael, have three children and eight grandchildren.