CRUMMEY, MICHAEL
MICHAEL CRUMMEY’s first novel, River Thieves, was a finalist for the 2001 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and his second novel, The Wreckage, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. His third novel, Galore, won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Canada and the Caribbean) and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. His […]
CROZIER, LORNA
LORNA CROZIER is the author of seventeen books of poetry, including God of Shadows, which was longlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, What the Soul Doesn’t Want, The Wrong Cat, Small Mechanics, The Blue Hour of the Day: Selected Poems, and Whetstone. She is also the author of The Book of Marvels: A Compendium of Everyday Things and the memoir Small Beneath the Sky. She […]
COWIE, AMBER
AMBER COWIE has served burgers at a Canadian diner, haggis at a Scottish ski resort and pints in a Irish bar. She has also been employed by tree planting outfits, liquor stores, homeless shelters, tax firms, non-profits and a photocopy store while freelancing for newspapers, snowmobile magazines and knitwear companies. Now, she lives in Squamish. […]
COOK, EILEEN
EILEEN COOK is a multi-published author with her novels appearing in eight languages. Her books have been optioned for film and TV. She spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. She’s an instructor/mentor with The Creative Academy and Simon Fraser University […]
COLES, MEGAN GAIL
MEGAN GAIL COLES is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland and the National Theatre School of Canada, and she has recently completed a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia. She has written and produced numerous plays. Her first fiction collection, Eating Habits of the Chronically Lonesome, won the BMO Winterset […]
COADY, LYNN
LYNN COADY is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of six books, including Hellgoing, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and was an Amazon.ca and Globe and Mail Best Book. She is also the author of The Antagonist, winner of the Georges Bugnet Award for […]
CARLSON, ANDREA
ANDREA CARLSON is one of Canada’s top chefs and a pioneer in the Pacific Northwest food scene. She has worked at and guided some of the best restaurants in Vancouver (and on Vancouver Island), including C, Sooke Harbour House, Raincity Grill, and Bishop’s. In 2013 she opened Harvest Community Foods, a noodle shop, local foods […]
BROWN, JIM
JIM BROWN is the host of CBC Radio’s The 180 and a regular guest host on The Current, As It Happens, q and The Sunday Edition. Prior to joining the CBC, Jim worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor and filmmaker. His first documentary, Radiant City, won a Genie Award for best documentary in 2007 […]
BREWSTER, WAKEFIELD
WAKEFIELD BREWSTER, Canadian Performance Slam Poet, has been hitting mics since 2000. Put succinctly, he is also: Spoken Word Artist; Toronto Slam Poetry Champion; 3-Time Calgary Poetry Slam Champion & Team Captain: 2006, 2008, 2009; Poetry Reading Series Founder – Poésie à la Pâtisserie, Pitbull Poetry Reading Series; Poetry Coach/Mentor; Poet/Teacher-In-Residence; Literacy Advocate; Vocal Coach; […]
BOEHM, HEIGE S.
HEIGE S. BOEHM’s writing is influenced by the stories of her parents who grew up in Nazi Germany and who, at the end of the war, found themselves in East Germany. They escaped with their first two children to West Berlin in August, 1961, and Heige was born in West Germany in 1964. Ten years […]