Aaron Tucker

Author, "Soldiers, Hunters, Not Cowboys"


Adria Kain

Juno nominated singer-songwriter


Adriana Chartrand

Author, "An Ordinary Violence"


Akil Kumarasamy

Author, "Meet Us by the Roaring Sea"


Alana Wilcox

2023 Ivy Award recipient


Alannah Fricker

Illustrator, "Abolition Is Love"


Alberto Manguel

Argentinian-Canadian writer, translator, editor and critic


Alexis Schaitkin

Author, "Elsewhere"


Alissa York

Internationally acclaimed author and teacher at Humber School for Writers


Amanda West Lewis

Author, "Focus. Click. Wind"


Andrea Curtis

Author, "City of Neighbors"


Andrew F. Sullivan

Author, "The Marigold"


Andrey Kurkov

Author, "Diary of an Invasion"


Anjuman Rosy


Anna Porter 

Award-winning author of 10 books


Anne Enright

Author, award winning


Anuja Varghese

Author, Canadian, debut


Arif Anwar

Author, Canadian, debut


Astra Taylor

Author, filmmaker, writer, and political organizer


Babak Lakghomi

Author, Iranian


Bachtyar Ali

Author, "The Last Pomegranate Tree"


Bei Lynn

Author, illustrator, Taiwanese


Ben Clanton

Author, illustrator, kids books


Bill Buford

Author, "Dirt"


Billy-Ray Belcourt


Blaise Ndala

Author


Bob Joseph

Author, "21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act"


Bonnie Stern

Author of 12 bestselling cookbooks


Britta Badour


Brittany Luby

Author, Indigenous


Brooke Lockyer


Bryan Doerries

Writer, director, translator, Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions


Camille Hernández-Ramdwar

Author, scholar and independent consultant


Carey Sookocheff


Carlos Fonseca

Author, "Austral"


Casey Plett


Catherine Fogarty

Writer, producer and voice of the true-crime podcast Story Hunter


Catherine Hernandez

Author, "The Story of Us"


Ceporah Mearns

Author, "It's Time for Berries!"


Chantal Braganza

Award-winning writer and deputy editor at Chatelaine


Chantel Guertin

Author, "Two for the Road"


Charlie Foran

Author, "Just Once, No More"


Charlotte Gray

Author, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"


Chris Bergeron

Author, "Valid"


Christina Wong


Christine Estima

Author, "The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society"


Clara Dupuis-Morency

Author, "Sadie X"


Claudia Dávila

Illustrator, "ThunderBoom"


Corinna Chong

Author, "The Whole Animal"


Craig Shreve


Craig Stephenson

Author, Licensed Psychoanalyst and certified Jungian analyst


Cristina Quintero

Author, "The Only Way to Make Bread"


Dan Adamson


David Bergen

Author of numerous acclaimed novels and short-story collections


David Bezmozgis

Author and Creative Director of the Humber School for Writers


Dayna B. Griffiths

Illustrator, "The Woman and her Bear Cub"


Deonna Marie Cattledge

Vocalist, storyteller, actress and intuitive vocal coach


Desiree Mckenzie  


Dilip Chakraborty


Don Gillmor

Author, "Breaking and Entering"


Donna Bailey Nurse

Canadian literary critic, curator and writer


Elizabeth Hay

Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author


Elizabeth Ruth

Author, "Semi-Detached"


Emma Donoghue

Author, "Learned by Heart"


Erin Noteboom

Author, "a knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen"


Esmond Fountain

Storyteller/comedian


Eva Crocker

Author, "Back in the Land of the Living"


Evelyn Chick


Farah Heron

Author, "Jana Goes Wild"


Geoffrey D. Morrison

Author, "Falling Hour"


Hana Shafi

Author, "People You Know, Places You've Been"


Hayah Imam and Dilki Jagoda


Héctor Abad

Author, "The Farm"


Ian Ferguson

Author, "I Only Read Murder"


Irene Luxbacher

Author and illustrator


J. Edward Chamberlin

Author, "Storylines: How Words Shape Our World"


Jack Briglio

Author, "ThunderBoom"


Jackleen Salam

Award-winning poet


Jake Byrne


Jake Hirsch-Allen


Jamaluddin Aram

Author, filmmaker, producer


James Turk

Director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University


Janika Oza

Author, "A History of Burning"


Jasmine Sealy

Author, "The Island of Forgetting"


Jason Guriel

Author, "The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles"


Javier Moscoso

Author, "The Arc of Feeling: A History of the Swing"


Jaypeetee Arnakak


Jean E. Pendziwol

Author, "Skating Wild on an Inland Sea"


Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio


Jeremy Fisher

Co-creator, songwriter and star of the CBC's Jeremy and Jazzy


Jesse Eisenberg

Actor


Jessica Cunsolo

Author, "Best Vacation Ever"


Jo Treggiari

Award-winning, best-selling author of books for young adults


João Reis

Author, "The Devastation of Silence"


Joel A. Sutherland

Author, "House of Ash and Bone"


John Cleland

Actor


John Lorinc

Toronto journalist, editor and author


Joseph Kai

Graphic novelist


K. Gandhar Chakravarty

Poet


Kai Thomas

Author, "In the Upper Country"


Kamel Riahi

Novelist, journalist, broadcaster and human rights activist


Karmele Jaio

Author, "My Father’s House"


Karon Liu

Staff food reporter for the Toronto Star


Kate Cayley

Author


Kate Siklosi

Poet, Scholar, Publisher


Kathy Friedman

Author, "All the Shining People"


Katy Dockrill

Illustrator, "City of Neighbours"


Kelli Dunham

Nonbinary ex-nun nurse trauma-informed comedian


Kevin Chen

Author, "Ghost Town"


Kevin Chong

Author, "The Double Life of Benson Yu"


Kevin Sylvester

Award-winning writer and illustrator


Kwame Alexander

poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author


Kyo Maclear

Essayist, novelist, editor and children's author


Laboni Islam

Poet


Laura Legzdins

Part of The Manomin Project


Laura Trethewey

Author, "The Deepest Map"


Leila Aboulela

Author, "River Spirit"


Lindsay Zier-Vogel

author, and creator of the Love Lettering Project


Loridee De Villa

Author, "How to Be the Best Third Wheel"


M.G. Vassanji

Author, "Everything There Is"


Maev Beaty

Actor


Makoto Yukimura

Manga artist, Vinland Saga


Margaret Atwood

Author of 50+ books, poetry, critical essays and graphic novels


Margaret DeRosia


Maria Scrivan

Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and author


Marie Hélène Poitras

Author, "Sing, Nightingale"


Marina Endicott

Author, "The Observer"


Mary Fairhurst Breen


Masha Gessen

Author, "Surviving Autocracy"


Matthew Dawkins

Award-winning author and poet


May Telmissany

Author, "Everyone Says I Love You"


Mazen Maarouf

Writer, poet, translator and journalist


Melanie Florence

Author, "Benjamin's Thunderstorm"


Michael Melgaard

Author, "Not That Kind of Place"


Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Visual artist, storyteller and public speaker


Michael Winkler

Author, "Grimmish"


Michel Jean

Author, "Kukum"


Michelle Giroux

Actor


Michelle Good

Author, "Truth Telling"


Miki Sato

Illustrator, "How to Decorate a Christmas Tree"


Miquel de Palol

Author, "The Garden of Seven Twilights"


Moez Surani

Author, "The Legend of Baraffo"


Mohamed Khelifi

Author, "Escape"


Monia Mazigh

Author, "My personal journey with a Scar(f)"


Myisha Cherry

Author, "Failures of Forgiveness"


Nadia Casandra

Actor, singer/songwriter and creative


Nadia L. Hohn

Author, "Malaika, Carnival Queen"


Nahlah Ayed

Host of CBC Radio’s Ideas


Natalie MacLean

Author, "Wine Witch on Fire"


Natasha Adiyana Morris


Nick Cutter

Author, "The Handyman Method"


Nicki Pau Preto

Author, Canadian


Nicola Hamilton


Nicole Nwosu

Author, "Hitting the Crossbar"


Omer Aziz

Author, Canadian, politics


Ophira Eisenberg

Standup comedian, writer and podcast host


Ozoz Sokoh

Food explorer, educator, budding curator, Traveler By Plate


Paola Ferrante

Author, "Her Body Among Animals"


Paris Marx

Author, "Road to Nowhere"


Patricia Scarlett


Patrick de Belen

Storyteller, arts educator, spoken word poet, writer and filmmaker


Patrick deWitt

Author, Canadian


Patrick Errington

Author, "the swailing"


Priya Guns

Author, Canadian


Quazi Helal

Poet, "Shrabonir Chokhe Stholpadma"


Rachel Cantor

Author, "Half-life of a Stolen Sister"


Rebecca Rosenblum

Author, "These Days Are Numbered"


Richard Ford

Author, "Be Mine"


Richard Rose

Distinguished theatre director


Rob Goodman

Author, "Not Here"


Robyn Harding

Author, Canadian


Roksana Lais

Author, "Letter to Sky"


Romi Moondi

Author, "24 Hours in Italy"


Ruth Ohi


Sadé Smith


Sarah Gonzales

author, illustrator


Sarah Polley


Scribe

Spoken word poet, arts educator, event organizer


Sean Dixon


Sean Michaels


Seth

Cartoonist


Sharon Hampson & Randi Hampson

Author, musician, singer, kids


Shekhor Gomes

Poet, "Monkolpo"


Shelly Grace

Toronto-based spoken word poet


Sheuli Jahan


Shingai Manjengwa

Head of AI Education at ChainML


Shyam Selvadurai


Siddhartha Deb

Author, "The Light at the End of the World"


Sophie Jai

Author, "Wildfires"


Subrata Kumar Das

Author, critic, essayist, editor and translator


Sudhir Saha

Author


Susan Swan

Co-founder of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction


Syrus Marcus Ware

Author, scholar, visual artist, activist, curator and educator


Tara MacLean

Singer, Musician, Poet


Taras Grescoe

Author


Tee Duke

Director of Indigenous Initiatives, UTM


Terry Fallis

Author, Canadian, Award winner


Thomas Wharton

Author


Tom Froh


Tom McCamus

Actor


Tomas Hachard

Author


Uzma Jalaluddin

Author, "Much Ado About Nada"


V. V. Ganeshananthan

Author, "Brotherless Night"


Vickery Bowles


Victoria Hetherington

Author, "Autonomy"


Vikki VanSickle

Kids author


Vincent Lam

Author, "On the Ravine"


Viola Di Grado

Author, "Blue Hunger"


Vivek Shraya

Author, "How to Fail as a Popstar"


Walid El Khachab

Author, translator, professor


Wendy Million

Author, "Miss Matched"


William Ping

Author, "Hollow Bamboo"


Yolanda T. Marshall

Author, "Hot Cross Buns"


Zalika Reid-Benta

Author, "River Mumma"


Zhang Ling

Author, “Where Waters Meet”


Zoe Maslow

Senior Editor at Appetite, Penguin Random House Canada


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