PETERS, BRADLEY
BRADLEY PETERS is a poet, actor, and carpenter from Mission, BC. His poetry has been published in numerous literary magazines, has been shortlisted for The Fiddlehead‘s Ralph Gustafson Award, has twice been the runner-up for Subterrain‘s Lush Triumphant Award, and in 2019 placed first in Grain Magazine‘s Short Grain contest. Sonnets from a Cell is […]
PATEL, NISHA
NISHA PATEL is a Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Edmonton and a Canadian Poetry Slam Champion. A queer and disabled artist, Nisha is a recipient of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award. Her sophomore collection of poetry, A Fate Worse Than Death, engages in the necropolitics surrounding […]
MCKINNON, HANNAH MARY
HANNAH MARY MCKINNON was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. Her seven suspense novels include, Never Coming Home, The Revenge List, and Only One Survives, and her work has been optioned for the screen. She also writes holiday romantic comedies as Holly Cassidy. Hannah Mary lives in […]
MCDONALD, BOB
BOB MCDONALD has been the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks since 1992. He is a regular science commentator on CBC News Network and science correspondent for CBC TV’s The National. He has received the Michael Smith Award for science promotion, Sandford Fleming Medal, McNeil Medal for the public awareness of science, and in […]
MACDONALD, COLLEEN
COLLEEN MACDONALD is the author of the website Let’s Go Biking, as well as three cycling guidebooks: Let’s Go Biking Around Vancouver, Let’s Go Biking Okanagan & Beyond, and Let’s Go Biking Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast. She is co-founder of The Lupine Review, Whistler’s own literary magazine showcasing local artistic talents. The […]
LALLI, S.C.
S.C. LALLI is the author of Are You Sara?, a national bestseller and one of NPR and Apple’s Best Books of 2022. An author of Punjabi and Bengali heritage, she also writes romance and women’s fiction under her full name Sonya Lalli. She studied law in her hometown of Saskatoon, and at Columbia University in […]
KIM, JULIA
JULIA KIM works as an Assistant Agent with The Rights Factory. She holds an MA in English Literature from Western University and has worked as a freelance editor, and an Assistant Editor at Dundurn Press. Currently she is looking for literary, upmarket, and commercial fiction, and a range of non-fiction topics including history, politics, current […]
KERR, CONOR
CONOR KERR is a Métis/Ukrainian writer living in Edmonton. A member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, he is descended from the Lac Ste. Anne Metis and the Papaschase Cree Nation. His Ukrainian family are settlers in Treaty 4 and 6 territories in Saskatchewan. In 2022, he was named one of CBC’s Writers to Watch. […]
JEROME, VALERIE
VALERIE JEROME is a Vancouver-based activist and speaker, teacher, politician, and athlete. A former track and field star, Jerome competed for Canada at the Rome Olympics, as well as the Commonwealth and Pan American Games. Races: The Trials and Triumphs of Canada’s Fastest Family is her first book
HUNT, DALLAS
DALLAS HUNT is Cree and a member of Wapsewsipi (Swan River First Nation) in Treaty 8 territory in northern Alberta. His creative work is published in Contemporary Verse 2, Prairie Fire, PRISM international, and Arc Poetry. His first collection of poetry, Creeland, was published by Nightwood Editions in 2021. His newest poetry collection, Teeth, published […]