Medved, Maureen
MAUREEN MEDVED is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright and Associate Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia. She has written essays on television and film. Her debut novel, The Tracey Fragments, was published by House of Anansi Press, and Maureen’s screen adaptation (directed by Bruce MacDonald and starring Ellen Page) opened […]
McLeod, Darrel J.
DARREL J. MCLEOD is Cree from treaty eight territory in Northern Alberta. Before pursuing writing in his retirement he was a chief negotiator of land claims for the federal government and executive director of education and international affairs with the assembly of First Nations. He holds degrees in French Literature and Education from UBC. Darrel […]
Lazarus, Eve
EVE LAZARUS is a journalist, crime historian, blogger and author. Her passion for non-traditional history and fascination with murder has led to seven books of non-fiction including the BC bestsellers Blood, Sweat, and Fear, a 2018 finalist for Best National True Crime book, Arthur Ellis Awards; Cold Case Vancouver, 2016 finalist for the Bill Duthie […]
Lane, Patrick
We regret to announce that Patrick Lane is unable to attend the festival. PATRICK LANE is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He has published 32 books of poetry, fiction, and Non-Fiction, and has received many awards for his writing, including the Governor General’s Award for Poetry (1979), the Canadian Authors Association Award for […]
Kaufman, Brian
BRIAN KAUFMAN is a writer, editor, and publisher and has been active in the publishing community for over twenty-five years. Mr. Kaufman has ushered over 200 books and 79 issues of subTerrain Magazine into print and has served as the Executive Director of the subTerrain Literary Collective Society since its inception in 1988. In 2009, […]
Hynes, Joel Thomas
JOEL THOMAS HYNES is a multidisciplinary artist from Newfoundland, Canada. His most recent novel We’ll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the BMO Winterset Award, and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Other works include Down to the Dirt (adapted to screen in 2008), Right Away […]
Hassan, Ali
ALI HASSAN is a stand-up comic, actor and radio & television personality. For the past two years, he has hosted Canada Reads, the annual “Battle of the Books” on CBC Radio and Television. He is also the regular host of Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio and SiriusXM, and a frequent guest-host on q, Canada’s […]
Hamilton, Ian
IAN HAMILTON is the author of the Ava Lee series. The books have been shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the Arthur Ellis Award, the Barry Award, and the Lambda Literary Prize, and are national bestsellers. The Water Rat of Wanchai was the winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was named […]
Hage, Rawi
Born in Beirut, RAWI HAGE grew up in Lebanon and Cyprus and relocated to Montreal in 1991, where he studied Photography at Dawson College and Fine Arts at Concordia University. His debut novel, De Niro’s Game (2006), won the 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize and […]
Groth, Simon
SIMON GROTH is a writer and editor whose books include Off The Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press and Hunted Down and Other Tales. Simon’s work and reporting on the future of the book with Queensland Writers Centre has seen him travel the globe to discuss and explore the challenges and opportunities for writers […]