MORTENSEN, BRYAN
BRYAN MORTENSEN is a writer, traveller, and administrator who calls the Comox Valley home. He is the Executive Director of the Federation of British Columbia Writers and has a degree in English from the University of Alberta with a minor in Philosophy. At his core, Bryan believes in advocating for, and with, people who have been […]
MANUEL, JENNIFER
JENNIFER MANUEL has achieved acclaim for her short fiction, including the Storyteller’s Award at the Surrey International Writers Conference in 2013. Her short fiction is published in PRISM International, The Fiddlehead, Room Magazine and Little Fiction. A long-time activist in Aboriginal issues, Manuel taught at schools in the lands of the Tahltan and Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. […]
CHEN, CATHARINE
CATHARINE CHEN is the Editor of Arsenal Pulp Press, a Vancouver publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry; social issues and gender studies; and LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC voices. She has a Creative Writing MFA from UBC and has done support/freelance work for Playwrights Theatre Centre, the Vancouver Writers Fest, HarperCollins Canada, Dundurn Press, Inhabit Media, […]
VOGLER, STEPHEN
STEPHEN VOGLER is an author, playwright, and musician. He has published three books including Only in Whistler: Tales of a Mountain Town (2009), and has written and presented for CBC Radio’s Ideas. Stephen’s most recent play, Aye Aye AI, premiered at the 2024 Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival and played at the Heritage Playhouse […]
SPUKWUS, TSAWAYSIA (DOMINIQUE NAHANEE)
TSAWAYSIA SPUKWUS (DOMINIQUE NAHANEE) is of the Squamish Nation and graduated from the IYA program in 2019. Tsawaysia (Dominique) was born in North Vancouver and moved to Squamish when she was 3. Inspired by her mom, Tsawaysia is working on becoming a language speaker so she can teach others. Her ancestral name was passed down […]
ZAWERBNY, JANICE
JANICE ZAWERBNY has been an editor in Canadian publishing for more than twenty years. She is currently Executive Editor at HarperCollins Canada. She has edited many award-winning and bestselling books. She is also co-founder of The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, a bi-national award for fiction by women writers in Canada and the US
WEST COAST FRONT
WEST COAST FRONT band features Musical Director Geeta Das (winds and percussion), Rajan Das (upright and electric bass), Jason Overy (percussion), and Rosalind Steel (keyboard).
COMFORT O’KEEFFE, ANNA
ANNA COMFORT O’KEEFFE has nearly twenty years’ experience in the publishing industry. She holds a diploma in Publishing Techniques and Technologies, and studied publishing at Simon Fraser University’s Summer Fiction Intensive and Master of Publishing programs. Anna is the Publisher of Douglas & McIntyre, directing the development of their national publishing program. Even though she works on […]
WOOD BARRETT, REBECCA
REBECCA WOOD BARRETT is an award-winning writer and filmmaker living in Whistler, BC. Her chapter book My Best Friend Is Extinct was a finalist for the Red Cedar Award and won the Chocolate Lily Award. Her short fiction has been published in Room and The Antigonish Review. Rebecca’s next chapter book My Summer Camp has […]
MACDONALD, MARY
MARY MACDONALD has written poetry for ballet, public art, and libretto. Her work has appeared in Room Magazine and Pique Newsmagazine. Her chapbook, Going In Now, was published in 2014 by NIB Publishing and her short story collection, The Crooked Thing was released in fall 2020 by Caitlin Press. She is a member of the […]