Born September 21, 1951 in Ladysmith, B.C., Cathers worked for 24 years at the Harmac pulp mill in Nanaimo. His first book of poems, Images on Water, was published in 1976. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines including the Malahat, West Coast Review and Gary Geddes' West Coast anthology, Skookum Wawa (1975).

Bibliography:

Images on Water (Oolichan, 1976)
Outward Voyage (Oolichan, 1980)
Sanctuary (Thistledown, 1991)
World of Strangers (Ekstasis, 1997)
Missing Pieces (Ekstasis 2017) $23.95 978-1-77171-221-7

[BCBW 2018] "Poetry"