Jo Treggiari is the award-winning, best-selling author of six books for young adults. Her 2019 novel The Grey Sisters (Penguin Teen) was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, a finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada Award, and a finalist for the Ann Connor Brimer Children’s Literature Award. Her most recent book is […]
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Jean E. Pendziwol’s highly acclaimed picture books include When I Listen to Silence, illustrated by Carmen Mok; I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree, illustrated by Nathalie Dion; Me and You and the Red Canoe, illustrated by Phil; and Once Upon a Northern Night, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault (finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award […]
Javier Moscoso is Professor of History at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). In 2011 he published Pain: A Cultural History in both English and Spanish. The French edition received the French booksellers’ Libr’à nous prize for the best history book of 2015. It is now being translated into Arabic. He has been Visiting Scholar […]
Janika Oza is the winner of a 2022 O. Henry Award and the 2020 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Award. Her stories and essays have appeared in publications such as The Best Small Fictions 2019 Anthology, Catapult, The Adroit Journal, The Cincinnati Review and Anomaly, among others. A chapter of this novel was longlisted for the 2019 […]
James (Jim) Turk is Director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University. He speaks and writes extensively on expressive freedom and its relationship to social justice, human rights, and democracy. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, as a professor of sociology at the University of […]
Jackleen Hanna (Pen name Jackleen Salam) is an award-winning poet who has published five poetry collections and a book of essays and interviews. She values freedom in all its forms, which is reflected in her writings: poetry, short stories, and articles. Jackleen Studied Electrical Engineering in Syria, at Aleppo University. Then, in 1997 she emigrated […]
Jack Briglio, the author of ThunderBoom, is also the writer of the Eisner-nominated fantasy adventure series Growing Up Enchanted (Markosia). He is also the creator of Dominion Jack, a serial in the Joe Shuster–nominated Canadian superhero anthology series True Patriot Presents (ChapterHouse Publishing). Jack has also worked on Scooby-Doo and Legion of Super-Heroes in the […]
J. Edward Chamberlin is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and was senior research associate with the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. He has worked on sovereignty and land claims throughout Canada and around the world, and has spoken widely on literary, historical and cultural issues. He is the author of several titles, including […]
Ian Ferguson won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for Village of the Small Houses and is the co-author, with his brother, Will, of How to Be a Canadian, which was shortlisted for the Leacock Medal and won the CBA Libris Award for non-fiction. A writer and creative director in the film and television industry, […]
Geoffrey D. Morrison‘s debut novel, Falling Hour, was published in February, 2023 by Coach House Books. He is also the author of the poetry chapbook Blood-Brain Barrier (Frog Hollow Press, 2019) and co-author, with Matthew Tomkinson, of the experimental short fiction collection Archaic Torso of Gumby (Gordon Hill Press, 2020). He was a finalist in […]
Elizabeth Hay is the Giller Prize-winning author of six novels, including Late Nights on Air, His Whole Life and A Student of Weather. Her memoir All Things Consoled won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction; her story collection Small Change was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction. A former radio broadcaster, […]
Don Gillmor is the author of To the River, which won the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction. He is the author of three novels: Long Change, Mount Pleasant and Kanata. He is also the author of a two-volume history of Canada, Canada: A People’s History, and has written nine books for children, two of which were […]
Dayna B. Griffiths is a multidisciplinary artist and designer with a passion for visual storytelling and problem-solving. She works primarily in the animation industry, on children’s programming, and finds joy in collaborating to develop imagery that supports a meaningful narrative. Dayna has spent her life creating in many mediums, but always feels most satisfied with […]
Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film with producer James Wan), as well as The Deep and Little Heaven. Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for Craig Davidson, whose much-lauded literary fiction includes Rust and Bone, The Saturday Night Ghost Club, and, most […]
Corinna Chong’s first novel, Belinda’s Rings, was published by NeWest Press in 2013, and her reviews and short fiction have appeared in magazines across Canada. She won the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize for “Kids in Kindergarten.” The Whole Animal, a collection of short stories, published in spring 2023 with Arsenal Pulp Press. She lives […]
Claudia Dávila writes, illustrates and designs picture books and graphic novels for kids of all ages, with stories and themes that encourage children to be strong, thoughtful, compassionate and responsible people. She is the former art director of Chirp and Chickadee magazines, and is the author-illustrator of Super Red Riding Hood (2016 Forest of Reading […]
Clara Dupuis-Morency was born in Quebec City and lives in Montreal. Her first novel, Mère d’invention, was a finalist for Prix des libraires du Québec, Prix du CALQ–Work by an Emerging Artist, and for the France-Québec prize, Les Rendez-vous du premier roman. She also works as a translator and is the mother of twin girls.
Cristina Quintero is a first-generation Colombian-Canadian of both Afro-Colombian and Indigenous-Colombian descent. As a child of immigrants, she understands the importance of stories that go beyond trauma and struggle and instead highlight the everyday joy that is created within immigrant communities. Cristina lives in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Charlotte Gray is one of Canada’s best-known writers and the author of twelve acclaimed books of literary non-fiction, including The Promise of Canada, The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial That Shocked a Country, and Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike. An adjunct research professor in the department of history […]
Charlie Foran was born and raised in Toronto. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and the University College, Dublin, and has taught in China, Hong Kong and Canada. He has published 12 books, including five novels. His fiction, non-fiction and journalism have all won awards. Charlie has also made radio documentaries for the […]
Chantal Braganza is an award-winning writer and deputy editor at Chatelaine. Her book, Guardian Flesh, is forthcoming from Strange Light.
Ceporah Mearns lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with her husband and their daughters Siasi and Siloah. Together, they love being on the land, reading, and eating yummy food that they harvest throughout the year. They hope that your favourite berry patch will be plentiful this season.
Siddhartha Deb was born in northeastern India and lives in Harlem, New York. He is the author of the novels The Point of Return, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and An Outline of the Republic, longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His non-fiction book, The Beautiful and the Damned, was […]
Makoto Yukimura is one of Japan’s most respected manga artists. His works include the Viking epic Vinland Saga (published in English by Kodansha USA), winner of the Japan Media Arts Grand Prize and adapted into an anime streaming worldwide on Netflix, and the hard science fiction series Planetes (published in English by Dark Horse). Makoto […]
