Phil Hall started Flat Singles Press, producing broadsides & chapbooks, when he was an undergraduate studying drama and English at the University of Windsor.
In the late 80s he often wrote reviews of poetry and children's literature for Books In Canada, and was the Literary Editor for This Magazine.
He also edited (with Andrew Vaisius) a short-lived journal called Don't Quit Yr Day-Job.
The 289 page tribute Hall’s work includes essays and appreciations from 26 contributors including Erin Moure, Don McKay, Fred Wah, George Bowering, Sandra Ridley, Louis Cabri and Ali Blythe.
"[2] Killdeer also won the 2012 Trillium Book Award,[3] and was shortlisted for the 2012 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize.