BROWN, JANIE
JANIE BROWN was born in Epsom, England, raised in Glasgow, Scotland, and emigrated in 1984 to become a nurse at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver. She has a Master’s in Psychology from St. Andrews University and a Master’s in Nursing from the University of British Columbia. She has worked as an oncology nurse and […]
BOTEJU, TANYA
TANYA BOTEJU is a teacher and writer living on unceded Coast Salish territories (Vancouver, BC). She spends much of her life in a classroom, teaching English to clever and sassy young people. Her novel, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens (Simon & Schuster, 2019), was named an Indie Top 10 Pick of the Summer by the American […]
BERGEN, DAVID
DAVID BERGEN has published eight novels and a collection of short stories. His work has been nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Impac Dublin Literary Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He won the Giller Prize for his novel The Time in Between. In 2018 he was given the Writers’ Trust Matt Cohen Award: […]
BASCARAMURTY, DAKSHANA
DAKSHANA BASCARAMURTY is a reporter for the Globe and Mail, who has won a National Newspaper Award and a Digital Publishing Award for her writing. Her work has appeared in the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen, and on CBC. This is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man is her […]
ASHTON, JENN
JENN ASHTON is an award-winning author and visual artist living in North Vancouver, B.C. She is the author of the prize-winning “Siamelaht” in British Columbia History in 2019 and of the forthcoming People Like Frank, and Other Stories from the Edge of Normal by Tidewater Press. She is a Director on the Board of the […]
ADDERSON, CAROLINE
CAROLINE ADDERSON is the author of five novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces, and most recently, A Russian Sister) and two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased to Meet You), as well as many books for young readers, including It Happened on Sweet Street. Published in […]
CREAN, PATRICK
PATRICK CREAN has been in the book publishing business for 48 years. He began his career in 1971 when he joined McClelland & Stewart as a junior editor. Over the years, he has edited both fiction and non-fiction at General Publishing, Somerville House, Key Porter, Thomas Allen (where he was the publisher for 12 years), […]
TRAFFORD, TANYA
Tanya Trafford is an editor with over twenty years of experience in book publishing, both in-house and as a freelancer, with traditional multinational and independent publishers as well as those operating under a hybrid model. Before moving back to Vancouver Island, she was Senior Editor at Random House Canada, where she edited award-winning fiction and […]
TIM WYNNE-JONES
TIM WYNNE-JONES has written 37 books for people of all ages. He has won The Governor General’s Award twice and been short-listed six times. He has also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award twice, the Arthur Ellis Award of the Crime Writers of Canada, twice, and the Edgar Award presented by the Mystery Writers of […]
WILSON, BRAD
UPDATE: Brad Wilson will not be able to attend the festival, and we are pleased to welcome editor Patrick Crean in his place. BRAD WILSON is an Editorial Director at HarperCollins Canada, where he heads up the Collins imprint. With a focus on nonfiction and illustrated books, his list includes such authors as William Davis, […]