Itah Sadu is award-winning storyteller and children’s author. She is the co-owner of the independent bookstore, A Different Booklist, specializing in African and Caribbean Canadian literature and diverse resources from around the world. She is the managing Director of A Different Booklist Cultural Centre – The People’s Residence.
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Jason Purcell (they/them) is a writer and bookseller from amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6 (Edmonton, Alberta). Alongside Matthew Stepanic, they run Glass Bookshop, an independent bookstore that centres queer and racialized writers and the work of independent publishers. They are also Co-Host of Glass Bookshop Radio, the bookstore’s podcast, and one of the Editors of Glass Paper, […]
Emily Dundas Oke (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and curator interested in the production and retention of embodied knowledge and shared histories. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been artist in residence at the Nida Art Colony (2019) and Access Gallery (2020), among others. Emily is the Curator at Massy Arts Society and […]
David Caron (he/him) is the Co-Publisher and President of ECW Press, a Toronto-based book, ebook, and audiobook publisher with a mix of award-winning literary works and niche non-fiction, marketed around the world. He is also newly the Co-Publisher at Annick Press, which creates books that spark a lifelong love of reading and challenges kids to […]
Born in the small town of Lindsay, Ontario Erin Woodward (she/her) wasn’t meant for small towns. At the age of 10 she travelled to Bali, Indonesia to live with her jewelry mogul uncle. She travelled extensively living in France, England and New York before settling back in Toronto. She attended the University of Ottawa as […]
Meredith Tutching (she/her) has been with the Ontario Library Association since 2001. As the Director of the Forest of Reading, her main responsibility is the Canada’s largest recreational program and a series of children’s literary festivals. These programs see 270,000 young people participate every year and is the largest driver of Canadian children and young […]
Anna Trew (she/her) was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan and moved to Toronto in 2012 to study theatre, along with port and vent marketing. After her education, she spent two years working in publicity and promotions at a boutique PR agency specializing in film and entertainment. Anna has then transitioned to the publishing industry […]
Noah Genner (he/him) has an extensive background in independent bookselling, software, and business development. As the leader of BookNet Canada he orchestrates a skilled team of technical, policy-oriented, and client-focused staff to provide new data management services and supply-chain initiatives to the Canadian publishing, library, and book retail sectors. Before working at BookNet Canada, Noah […]
Raised in the Midwest, but now based in London, Anne Bowman (she/her) is responsible for the growth of Chelsea Green Publishing in the US, UK, and internationally. Having worked at several publishers – both large and small – she has developed a niche for helping UK and US businesses work together seamlessly and creating successful sales […]
EJ Hurst (she/her) is the Sales Manager at New Society Publishers. In this role, she works closely with the publishing team to navigate the ever-changing sales landscape of today’s publishing business. She is dedicated to New Society’s sustainability goals and is delighted to be part of a movement helping to shape public perception about sustainable […]
Book Summit 21 originally took place on Thursday, June 17, 2021. Each of the events below will be re-released on Monday, July 12 at 9am ET until Friday, July 16 at 5pm ET for registrants to rewatch or catch up on any sessions they missed. It was presented by the Book and Periodical Council (BPC) […]
Hasan Namir is an Iraqi-Canadian author. He is the author of three previous books: God in Pink, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction; War/Torn, recipient of the 2020 Barbara Gittings Honor Book Award from the Stonewall Book Awards; and the children’s book, The Name I Call Myself. His latest book is […]
Dr. Norma Dunning is an Inuk writer as well as a scholar, researcher, professor and grandmother. Her short story collection Tainna: The Unseen Ones won the 2021 Governor General’s Award for literature, and her previous short story collection, Annie Muktuk and Other Stories (University of Alberta Press, 2017), received the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the […]