Michel Weatherall is a native of Ottawa, has lived in Europe and Germany and travelled extensively.
With over 30 years in the print/publishing industry, self-publishing was a natural step to his company, Broken Keys Publishing. He has published 6 novels and 2 collections of poetry.
Other work include Sun & Moon, Purgation, This Burden I Bear, Eleven's Silent Promise, Rupture and the essays The Doctrine of Fear and Ebook Revolution? all appearing in Ariel Chart's online journey as well as a theological essay ("The Voice of Sophia") in American theologian Thomas Jay Oord's "The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence" (2015)
Weatherall's current books in print are,
- The Symbiot 30th Anniversary, The Nadia Edition,
- Necropolis,
- The Refuse Chronicles,
- Symphonies of Horror: Inspirational Tales by H.P. Lovecraft: The Symbiot Appendum,
- Ngaro's Sojourney,
- A Dark Corner of My Soul (poetry),
- Sun & Moon (poetry),
His publishing company, Broken Keys Publishing has 2 anthologies:
- Thin Places: The Ottawan Anthology, &
- Love & Catastrophe Poetre.
Honours and Awards include
- Winner of the 2020 - 2021 Faces of Ottawa Awards for Best Author
- Finalist of the 2022 Faces of Ottawa Awards for Best Author
- Winner of the 2020-2022 Faces of Ottawa Awards for Best Publisher
- 2021Best of the Net Award Nominee (for Poetry: Purgation)
- 2020-21 Parliamentary Poet Laureate Nominee
- 2020 Best of the Net Award Nominee (Poetry: This Burden I Bear)
- 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee (for Poetry)
- 2019 FEBE Award Nominee for Creative Arts
- Finalist for the Faces of Ottawa Award for Best Author 2019
- 2019 CPACT Awards Nominee for Entertainment Excellence (Arts)
- 2019 CPACT Awards Nominee for Small Business Excellence (Broken Keys Publishing)
- Finalist for the Faces of Ottawa Award for Best Author 2018
