Isobel Cunningham
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Isobel Cunningham

Isobel Cunningham lives on the unceded indigenous lands of the Kaien’keha”ka/Mohawk Nation in Montreal.

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Lucy Wilde
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Lucy Wilde

Lucy Wilde is a writer who lives in a cottage in the forest on Salt Spring Island, BC.

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Elle Warr-Addae
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Elle Warr-Addae

ELLE WARR-ADDAE is an emerging screenwriter, a creator of absurd fictional worlds. Her written works are perfect for being read aloud, or for the stage and screen.

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Rebecca St. Pierre
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Rebecca St. Pierre

Rebecca’s work has been published in national and international publications, and juried into an Ontario public art project and many exhibitions, including shows at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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Joel Smith
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Joel Smith

Joel Smith grew up on a small prairie farm in Manitoba. He took a sabbatical from his engineering career to study philosophy, politics, and economics at McGill University.

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Raye Hendrickson
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Raye Hendrickson

Raye Hendrickson has loved words her entire life. They have fed her, moved her to laughter and to tears, and stretched her mind.

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Glen Weatherhead
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Glen Weatherhead

Glen Weatherhead is a fantasy author, known for his fantasy short story, “Foray Into the Blood Tree Forest.”

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Jill Nash
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Jill Nash

Jill Nash is an emerging queer writer and a student of libraries.

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Claire McNeight
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Claire McNeight

Claire McNeight grew up on a ‘fermette’ in rural Quebec, and settled in Vancouver after a brief stint as a copy editor in Toronto.

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Jack Stilborn
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Jack Stilborn

Jack Stilborn showed early promise with a comic story that made a cousin laugh so hard she threw up.

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Yvonne Marie Garvey
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Yvonne Marie Garvey

Yvonne Marie Garvey is a forty-three-year-old blind alcoholic. After ending a twenty-seven-year relationship with alcohol, she lives a life filled with passion for recovery and helping others.

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Gerald Thibeault
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Gerald Thibeault

When Gerry is not writing poetry he can be found running, or with a wrench in his hand, a welder sometimes, or maybe a big hammer. 

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Susan Smith
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Susan Smith

Susan Smith merges her storytelling instincts as a former Globe and Mail editor with her passion for visual narratives through photography.

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Lori Lupul
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Lori Lupul

Lori Lupul was born in North Vancouver and raised on a ranch near Princeton, British Columbia.

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Shadi Rajabi
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Shadi Rajabi

Shadi Rajabi is a Montreal-based short fiction writer and avid reader. She has written stories since she was twelve.

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Selena Mercuri
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Selena Mercuri

Selena Mercuri is a Toronto-based writer currently working on her debut novel, which explores themes of identity and generational trauma.

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Cadence Edgcumbe
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Cadence Edgcumbe

Cadence Edgcumbe turned the limitations of boat life in artistic innovation, creating striking portraits using watercolors on lamination sheets.

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