Kees Kapteyn

Kees Kapteyn, writer

Kees Kapteyn has been writing since he was 14 years old but has only recently become serious about it. Kees has had a chapbook published by Grey Borders Press, titled Temperance Avenue and is currently at work on a novel tentatively titled Left Turn. He has also been published in such magazines as Wordbusker, Writing Raw, In My Bed, blue skies, ditch, Novella, Corvid Revue and Revolution 21 and has self-published his chapbooks coffee salt, Holocene and A Hierarchy of Needs. He grew up in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario but now lives in Ottawa where he works as an educational assistant.

Geosmin — Volume 4, Issue 2

In his thoughtful piece, Geosmin, Kees Kapteyn touches on nature and climate and the human desire to seek out better places to lay down roots.