Harris, Michael
HARRIS, MICHAEL is the author of Solitude (2017) The End of Absence (2014), which won the Governor General’s Literary Award. He writes about media, civil liberties and the arts, for dozens of publications, including The Washington Post, Wired, Salon, The Huffingtington Post and The Globe and Mail. His work has been a finalist for the RBC […]
Adderson, Caroline
ADDERSON, CAROLINE is the award-winning author of four novels, two collections of short stories, as well as many books for young readers. She is also the editor and co-contributor of a non-fiction book of essays and photographs, Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival. Her work has received numerous award nominations including the International IMPAC Dublin […]
Eaton Hamilton, Jane
EATON HAMILTON, JANE is the author of 9 books of cnf, fiction and poetry, including the 2016 novel WEEKEND and two prior collections of short fiction. Jane’s books have been shortlisted for the MIND Book Award, the BC Book Prize, the VanCity Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award. Their memoir was one of […]
Greenberg, Ben
GREENBERG, BEN is the owner of Night Owl Brewing, a small batch beer company focused on making a rotating selection of fresh IPAs, fruit beers & experimental brews at the East Vancouver collaborative brewery Callister.
Gowdy, Barbara
GOWDY, BARBARA is the author of eight books, including Helpless, The Romantic, The White Bone, Mister Sandman, We So Seldom Look on Love, Falling Angels and most recently, Little Sister, all of which have been met with widespread international acclaim and critical praise. She has been a finalist three times for the Governor General’s Award and […]
Gorman, Don
GORMAN, DON has spent most of his professional life working within the book trade and has held positions as a bookseller, bookstore owner, publisher’s sales representative, and acquisitions editor. In 2006 he took over RMB | Rocky Mountain Books (rmbooks.com), a well-established and respected guidebook company that traditionally published 3-5 books per year. Since then, he […]
Garrad-Cole, Leah
GARRAD-COLE, LEAH is the founder of the highly successful Love Child Organics brand of baby and children’s foods. An entrepreneur, mother, and former special education teacher, Leah currently resides in Whistler, BC with her husband and two young children. It all Begins With Food follows a philosophy that was born of the desire to provide delicious […]
Friesen Hossack, Darcie
FRIESEN HOSSACK, DARCIE is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers and, for eleven years, wrote food memoir for various western Canadian newspapers. Her short story collection, Mennonites Don’t Dance, was a runner-up for the 2011 Danuta Gleed Award, shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize, and the 2012 OLA Forest of Reading Ever- green […]
Flood, Joan B.
FLOOD, JOAN B. grew up in Limerick, Ireland and lived briefly in France and England before settling in Canada. She spent some years in Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario before arriving in Vancouver, where she currently lives. Her work has appeared in anthologies in Canada, USA and Australia. Her Young Adult novel, New Girl, won the […]
Fallis, Terry
FALLIS, TERRY grew up in Toronto and earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. Drawn to politics at an early age, he worked for cabinet ministers at Queen’s Park and in Ottawa. His first novel, The Best Laid Plans, began as a podcast, then was self-published, won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, was re-published by […]