Member Directory
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Calgary
Calgary
Born and grew up in central Alberta, studied at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. The author of five novels (Judith, The Tent Peg, No Fixed Address, Places far from Ellesmere, Restlessness), two books of criticism, and many non-fiction and critical texts, especially works…
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Ottawa, unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation
Ottawa, unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation
JEAN VAN LOON has published short prose, poetry, and reviews in Canadian literary magazines across the country. Her second poetry book, Nuclear Family, was published April 2022 by McGill-Queen’s University Press and won the 2023 Ottawa Book Award. Her first collection, Building…
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Hamilton
Hamilton
Brent van Staalduinen is the award-winning and bestselling author of the novels UNTHINKABLE, NOTHING BUT LIFE, BOY, and SAINTS, UNEXPECTED, and the short story collection CUT ROAD. He is also an award-winning short story writer whose work has appeared in journals on both…
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Kelowna
Kelowna
Johanna lives in Kelowna B.C., Canada, and Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an immigrant from The Netherlands (1982) and a Canadian citizen. She began writing short stories in her late fifties as a child protection social worker and discovered her love of writing. Some of her…
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Vancouver
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Montreal
Montreal
Carly is a Montreal-based prose writer, translator, and English teacher. In 2018, her short fiction was longlisted for Writer's Trust Journey Prize and won first place in the Humber Literary Review's Emerging Fiction Writers contest. Her writing has appeared inMaisonneuve, THIS…
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Calgary
Calgary
Doreen Vanderstoop (she/her) is a Calgary-based writer, storyteller and musician. Her debut novel Watershed was published by Freehand Books in May 2020 and won the Book Publishers Association of Alberta Trade Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2021. Her short fiction has also…
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Toronto
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Oshawa
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Hamilton
Hamilton
Anuja Varghese is a Pushcart-nominated writer whose work appears in Hobart, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, Plenitude Magazine, Southern Humanities Review, So to Speak Journal, Flock Literary Journal, and Corvid Queen: A Journal of Feminist Fairy Tales, among others. Her…
Richmond Hill
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Markham
Edmonton
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Guelph
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Toronto
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Montreal
Montreal
John Emil Vincent lives in downtown Montreal with his husband, Luis Loya Garcìa. They emigrated from the United States in 2011 due to anti-immigrant and anti-gay sentiment in the US. They parent two very important birds. Vincent has taught at Queen’s and Concordia in Canada, and…
Toronto
Toronto
Marie-Anne Visoi is the author of non-fiction books and articles on comparative literature, French Cultural Studies and French as a Second Language teaching and learning. Her published works include: "Blended and Online Teaching in the Humanities", Cambridge Scholars Publishing …
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Waterloo
Waterloo
JESSICA VITALIS is a Columbia MBA-wielding author on a mission to write entertaining and thought-provoking literature. She founded Magic in the Middle, a series of free monthly recorded book talks, to help educators introduce young readers to new fantasy books. Her work has been…
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Canmore
Canmore
Since his 1987 graduation from New York University's School of Journalism (Magna Cum Laude), Michael Vlessides has made a career of creating tight, refreshing, and readable copy for a wide range of audiences and businesses. From best-sellers to annual reports, anesthesiology to…
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Vancouver
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Dr. Renée von Paschen, (M.A.): Born in Canada, at home in North America and Europe, Renée is a writer, poet, literary translator, editor and screenwriter. PhD in Theater, Film & Media, Univ. of Vienna; M.A. in Gender Studies. Literary Translator's Fellowship at International…