Urquhart, Jane
JANE URQUHART’S previous novels are The Whirlpool, Changing Heaven, Away, The Underpainter, The Stone Carvers, A Map of Glass, The Night Stages, and Sanctuary Line, all of which have been published internationally. She is also the author of Storm Glass (stories), and three books of poetry. A national bestselling author, Urquhart has received numerous awards and […]
Touchie, Rodger
RODGER TOUCHIE is the president of the Heritage Group of Publishers (Heritage House, TouchWood Editions, Rocky Mountain Books) and Greystone Books and has been the publisher of Heritage House since 1995. He is a past president of the Association of Canadian Publishers and ABPBC and has taught in the SFU MPub program. Heritage House publishes […]
Touchie, Pat
PAT TOUCHIE has been the publisher of TouchWood Editions (formerly Horsdal & Schubart) since 1998. During that time she has built on the company’s origins as a non-fiction regional publisher and today publishes a range of contemporary lifestyle books, cookbooks, biography, crime fiction, and works closely with her Associate Publisher, Taryn Boyd, who also oversees TouchWood’s […]
Thien, Madeleine
MADELEINE THIEN is the author of the story collection Simple Recipes, which was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, a Kiriyama Pacific Prize Notable Book, and won the BC Book Prize for Fiction; the novel Certainty, which won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award; and the novel Dogs at the Perimeter, which was shortlisted for Berlin’s 2014 International Literature […]
Tanaka, Shelly
SHELLEY TANAKA is an editor, writer, teacher and translator. She is the author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including seven titles in the award-winning I Was There series. Her books have been translated into nine languages, and she has won the Orbis Pictus Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the […]
Swayze, Carolyn
CAROLYN SWAYZE is the president of Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency, where she represents authors of literary fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. She has been guiding the careers of some of Canada’s top literary talent since 1994. The Swayze Agency welcomes submissions from emerging and established authors of fiction for adults, new adults and children, […]
Robinson, Peter
PETER ROBINSON is the recipient of numerous awards for his Inspector Banks novels, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for the French translation of In a Dry Season, the Edgar Award for the short story “Missing in Action,” Denmark’s Palle Rosenkrantz Award, and several Arthur Ellis Awards for Best Novel. In 2002, he was […]
Reardon, C.S.
C.S. REARDON’s family roots are deeply embedded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, although she spent most of her professional life outside that city and province. Her love of history and journalism coincided as a Senior Producer on the episode “Battle For A Continent” for the monumental CBC series Canada: A People’s History. During her time as Senior […]
Price, Steven
STEVEN PRICE is the author of two award-winning poetry books, Anatomy of Keys (2006), winner of the Gerald Lampert Award, and Omens in the Year of the Ox (2012), winner of the ReLit Award. His first novel, Into That Darkness, was published by Thomas Allen to acclaim in 2011. He lives in Victoria, B.C. Events: Reading Event 9: Thriller Writers’ Lunch
Pearson, Miranda
MIRANDA PEARSON was born in Kent, England and moved to Canada in 1991. Her poetry has been published widely in literary journals and anthologies, and she is the author of four collections, The Fire Extinguisher, Prime, The Aviary and Harbour. The Fire Extinguisher was nominated for the 2016 Dorothy Livesay Prize and Harbour was nominated […]