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 […]
Person, Cea
CEA PERSON’sbestselling first book, North of Normal (HarperCollins), chronicles her wilderness childhood and dramatic move into a decades-long modeling career at age thirteen. She makes regular appearances to speak about her unique life, and also teaches memoir writing. After living in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Munich and Milan, she is now […]
Patterson, Kevin
KEVIN PATTERSON grew up in Manitoba, and put himself through medical school by joining the Canadian army. Now a specialist in internal medicine, he practices in the Arctic and on Vancouver Island. His first book, a memoir called The Water in Between, was a Globe Best Book and an international bestseller. Country of Cold, his […]
Nikiforuk, Andrew
ANDREW NIKIFORUK has been writing about the oil and gas industry for more than two decades He was one of the first journalists in North America to document the devastating effects of hydraulic fracturing on rural communities. He is the author of multiple nonfiction books, including Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a […]
Oppel, Kenneth
KENNETH OPPEL is the Governor General’s Award–winning author of the Airborn series and the Silverwing Saga, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. His most recent novels are Half Brother, winner of both the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the Young Adult Book Award; This Dark Endeavour, finalist […]
Moore, Lisa
LISA MOOREis the bestselling author of the novels February, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and Alligator, a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Flannery is her first book for young readers. Events: Workshop 4: Writing for Young Readers Reading Event 7: The Places YA Fiction Dares To Go [FREE]
Misko, Brian
BBQ BRIAN MISKO is a pitmaster and a storyteller, and he’s one of the best. He and his House of Q team have been crowned Grand Champion at many barbecue competitions. In 2014 alone, he has earned the inaugural Canadian BBQ Society national Team of the Year, been crowned twice Grand Champion, and been selected to […]
Manuel, Jennifer
JENNIFER MANUEL is the author of the novel, The Heaviness of Things That Float. A long-time activist in Aboriginal issues, Manuel taught elementary school in the lands of the Tahltan and Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. She lives on Vancouver Island where she runs the TRC Reading Challenge in an effort to get people to read the Truth […]
McMillen, Rachel
RACHEL (R.J.) MCMILLEN is the author of three books, with a fourth, Green River Falling, just released by Touchwood Editions in May, 2016. Dark Moon Walking, the first book in the Dan Connor mystery series, was nominated for both the Arthur Ellis Award and the Kobo Emerging Writers award in the Genre (Mystery) category. Her poetry […]
Lynch, Jim
JIM LYNCH is the author of four novels set in Western Washington with his latest creation, Before the Wind. New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin picked his most recently published novel, Truth Like the Sun, as one of her 10 favorite books of 2012. That novel was also a finalist for the Dashiell Hammett Prize, given […]