Mayr, Suzette
MAYR, SUZETTE is the author of four previous novels: Monoceros, Moon Honey, The Widows, and Venous Hum. The Widows was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book in the Canada-Caribbean region, and has been translated into German. Moon Honey was shortlisted for the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s Best First Book and Best Novel Awards. […]
Maracle, Lee
MARACLE, LEE is the author of numerous critically acclaimed literary works, including Sun- dogs, Ravensong, Sojourner’s Truth and Other Stories, Bobbi Lee: Indian Rebel, Daughters Are Forever, Will’s Garden, Bent Box, Memory Serves, I Am Woman, and Talking to the Diaspora. She is the co-editor of a number of anthologies, including the award-winning My Home As […]
Maclachlan Gray, John
MACLACHLAN GRAY, JOHN is a multi-talented artist. As a playwright, composer and theatre director, he has created many acclaimed productions, most notably Billy Bishop Goes to War (1978), which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, was produced on and off Broadway, and was released as a feature film in 2011. As a writer, Gray […]
MACDONALD, MARY
MACDONALD, MARY is a poet and writer with a Ph.D. from UBC. She has written poetry for ballet, public art, and libretto. Her work has appeared in Room Magazine and Pique Newsmagazine. Her chapbook, Going In Now, was published in 2014 by NIB Publishing. She is a member of the Whistler writers group The Vicious Circle.
Leiren-Young, Mark
LEIREN-YOUNG, MARK was swallowed by a whale named Moby Doll. His new book, The Killer Whale Who Changed the World – about the first ever orca displayed in captivity — won the 2016 Science Writers and Communicators Book Award. Mark is directing a feature documentary about Moby and his short documentary The Hundred-Year-Old Whale, debuts at […]
Lee, JJ
LEE, JJ is the author of the critically-acclaimed memoir, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit. It was finalist for the Governor-General’s Literary Award, the Hilary Weston Writer’s Trust Prize, and the Charles Taylor Prize. He is the winner of a National Magazine Award for Best Short Feature. […]
LAWRENCE, GRANT
GRANT LAWRENCE is a popular CBC personality and the author of three books: Adventures In Solitude, The Lonely End of the Rink, and Dirty Windshields. His first two titles won the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award at the BC Book Prizes, marking the first time that the same author has won this prize twice. Grant Lawrence […]
Kamal, Sheena
KAMAL, SHEENA holds an HBA in Political Science from the University of Toronto, and was awarded a TD Canada Trust scholarship for community leadership and activism around the issue of homelessness. The Lost Ones is inspired by this and by Kamal’s most recent work as a researcher into crime and investigative journalism for the film and […]
Itani, Frances
ITANI, FRANCES, Member of the Order of Canada, is an award-winning author of 16 books: novels, poetry, short stories and children’s books. Her new novel, about identity and belonging, is That’s My Baby, partly set during the jazz and big-band era of WW2. Tell (a follow-up to WWI novel, Deafening), was short- listed for the […]
Humphreys, Helen
HUMPHREYS, HELEN’s new book, The Ghost Orchard, details her fascinating journey into the secret history of an iconic food. Her most recent novel, The Evening Chorus, was nominated for a Governor General’s Award and was a national bestseller. Her critically acclaimed memoir, Nocturne, was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. Previous novels include Coventry, […]