LEACH, SARA
SARA LEACH is the author of nine books for children, including Duck Days which concludes the acclaimed Slug Days trilogy. Her middle grade novel, Count Me In, has been translated into four languages, and won the Red Cedar Book Award. Sara is a frequent presenter at elementary schools and public libraries across North America. She […]
FAWCETT, KATHERINE
KATHERINE FAWCETT is a Squamish-based author/playwright/teacher/musician whose book, The Swan Suit (Douglas & McIntyre, 2020) was a finalist for the ReLit award, as was The Little Washer of Sorrows, her first fiction release (Thistledown, 2015). Her writing has been published in literary magazines across Canada, including Geist, Prairie Fire, Wordworks, Freefall, subTerrain, and more. Fawcett […]
DUNCAN, LYNN
In 2010, LYNN DUNCAN founded Vivalogue Publishing to help self-published authors achieve creative and financial success. Vivalogue founded and continues to administer The Whistler Independent Book Awards, sponsored by The Writers’ Union of Canada. Lynn and Kilmeny Denny established their own trade-publishing company, Tidewater Press, in 2017.
DAVIS, WADE
WADE DAVIS is currently Professor of Anthropology at UBC and was Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society (2000-2013). His 23 books, published in 22 languages, include One River and Into the Silence, winner of the Samuel Johnson prize, the top nonfiction prize in the English language. His newest title, Beneath the Surface of Things is […]
COWIE, AMBER
AMBER COWIE is a novelist living in Squamish, BC. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, and The Globe and Mail. She holds a history degree from the University of Victoria and is a mother of two. She likes skiing, running, and inventing stories that make for a questionable internet search history. […]
ANTHONY, LESLIE
LESLIE ANTHONY is an award-winning Whistler-based writer, editor, biologist, and occasional filmmaker. Author of a number of celebrated works of non-fiction and a former editor at several renowned outdoor publications, he channels years spent in laboratories, deserts, jungles, swamps and mountains into his writings on adventure travel, the environment and science topics ranging from fossil-smuggling […]
ADDERSON, CAROLINE
As well as her many books for young readers, CAROLINE ADDERSON is the author of five novels and three collections of short stories, the most recent being A Way to be Happy (Biblioasis 2024). Her work has received numerous award nominations including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes, the Governor General’s […]
JOHNSTONE, VICI
VICI JOHNSTONE of Caitlin Press, publishes work to reflect the diverse cultures, histories and concerns of BC while bridging the gap between the urban and the rural. Caitlin Press is committed to its feminist origins, publishing bold works by and about BC women. After winning the 2015 Jim Douglas Award, Caitlin Press launched Dagger Editions, […]