Elizabeth Abbott is a writer and historian with a special interest in social justice and women's issues, the treatment and lives of animals, and the environment. Before moving to Toronto in 1991, she lived in Montreal and Port-au-Prince. She has a doctorate from McGill…

Mark Abley is a nonfiction writer, poet, editor and sometime journalist. Born in 1955 in England, he grew up in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Between 1975 and 1978 he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. In his early freelance career he became a contributing editor of Maclean's and…

HI! MY NAME IS MARGARET JEAN ADAM FLORCZAK. WELCOME TO MY TWUC WEBSITE. I write to explore the life experiences that create personal growth. Every person's life is interwoven with telling moments, times when humility, courage, kindness, incredible strength and commitment are…

Leisl Adams is a Director, Storyboard Artist and Illustrator. Born  in Hamilton, Ontario she graduated from the Classical Animation program at Sheridan College in 2002, then moved to Halifax Nova Scotia for a time to find her fortune. Since then she has worked in…

I am a queer Tagalog and T’karonto-based writer, curator, steward of life, and interdisciplniary artist whose work is devoted to unraveling the spells of separation between life, art, ecology, and magic. I am also co-founder of Greenhouse Theatre.I have been published in print…

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Parastu Ahang Mehdawi has been a prose poetry writer since a very young age. Her unique, descriptive style and colourful imagery, along with her hunger for first-person narratives, earned her the title of author. A Quest for Identity…

Samreen Ahsan is an international award-winning author. She holds a Master’s degree in Creative and Critical writing. She works as a Digital Marketing Director at The Artist Cube — a non-profit community hub, supporting Muslim artists.  As a bibliophile, she loves…

Susan Aihoshi is a third-generation Japanese Canadian writer and editor, who was born and lives in Toronto. Her first book, Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi, is based on the experiences of her own family members. 

Ekiuwa Aire is a Nigerian-Canadian, award-winning cultural connector, and author living in Ontario, Canada. She is passionate about sharing positive stories on African history with children.

Kelley Aitken is a writer and artist. Canadian Shield, a collection of short stories informed by the Canadian wilderness was launched by Tightrope Books in August of 2017. It was shortlisted for the ReLit Prize 2018 and winner of an Ippy (Independent Publishers Book Awards)…

Douglas Aitken is a detective series writer who focuses on Montreal, and French and English Canada. Born in Vancouver, he has lived extensively in Colombia, Costa Rica and Quebec. He has a background in architecture and urbanism, subjects that he often expresses in his writing.…

Neil Aitken is the author of two books of poetry, Babbage’s Dream, a semi-finalist for the Anthony Hecht Prize, and The Lost Country of Sight, winner of the 2007 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. His chapbook, Leviathan, won the 2017 Elgin Prize for Science Fiction Poetry. Of…

Stephen Aitken is an author, an award-winning artist/illustrator and science writer. Inspired by the wonders of nature. His articles and books have reached readers of all ages. Stephen has written and illustrated over 10 books on the impacts of climate change on living species.…

Don Aker began writing in 1988 after taking a course for language arts teachers at the Martha's Vineyard Summer Writing Workshops in Massachusetts, where educators were encouraged to write along with their students. His first short story, "The Invitation," was anthologized three…

Professor Alaa Al Tamimi, an Iraqi-Canadian citizen, received his B.Sc, M.Sc in Civil Engineering from Baghdad University in 1972,1979 and his Ph.D. in Structure Engineering from Sorbonne University (SUPM) in Paris, France (1985). He was exiled from Iraq in 1996 and immigrated…

Award winning Canadian artist, Eleanor Albanese has spent her life immersed in theatre and writing. Her recent historical fiction novel published by Latitude 46 Publishing and titled "If Tenderness Be Gold" won first place in the category of First Novel with Next Generation…