When he was three, Tim ran away from home with a tea cozy on his head. That was in Cheshire, England. He ended up in Kitimat, B.C. He is not sure if these incidents are connected, but he believes fervently that if one is going to become a writer one should keep one's head warm.…

Lucy Yang (she/her) writes and teaches on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples in British Columbia. Her debut chapbook, Ju, is published in 2024. Her writing is featured in The New York Times, ARC Poetry Magazine, Contemporary Verse 2 and elsewhere…

I am a Metis writer/author currently living in Kingston, Ontario. I am originally from the North Bay and Mattawa area. I am a citizen of the Metis Nation of Ontario. My ancestral territory is the Ottawa River (Kitchizibi) Valley and the Mattawa River Region. This vast, majestic…

Paul Yee was born in Saskatchewan, grew up in Vancouver, but has lived in Toronto since 1988. He studied history at U.B.C., worked as an archivist, and did volunteer work in Vancouver's Chinatown, the source of much of his writing.

From Chinese culture-rooted landscape to new and welcoming Canadian landscape, Anna Yin has found her home in poetry and authored five poetry collections and one collection of translations. She won the 2005 Ted Plantos Memorial Award, two MARTYs, two scholarships from USA and…

Susan Yoon is a writer of books for kids. She draws inspiration from her family and friends, as well as small creatures and life’s quirky details. She is the author of Waiting for Tomorrow, and Gwendolyn and the Light, and her essays have appeared in The Globe and Mail and The…

Janine Alyson Young's debut short story collection Hideout Hotel (Caitlin Press 2014) was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award, and her work has appeared in Event Magazine and the anthology Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts. She has an MFA from UBC’s Creative…

I am, in alphabetical order, an editor, a mother, a poet, a retired educational assistant, a widow, and a writer. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, albeit in many different communities. I now live in Martensville, which is a small city just north of Saskatoon. I have been…

Danielle Younge-Ullman is the award-winning author of the young adult novels, HE MUST LIKE YOU, EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS NOT RUINED, and LOLA CARLYLE’S 12 STEP ROMANCE, and the adult novel, FALLING UNDER. Danielle’s work has been published internationally, and nominated for…

Blair Palmer Yoxall (he/him/his) is an award-winning writer, author, and poet of Métis and settler parentage from Alberta. His fiction and poetry fiction have appeared in Glass Buffalo, The Fiddlehead, and Carving Space: The Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology, and his fiction…

Melissa Yi, also known as Melissa Yuan-Innes, escapes from her work as an emergency physician by writing her way into different worlds, from a Chinese Cinderella to the critically acclaimed Hope Sze medical thrillers to her bestselling memoir, The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the…

Farida Zaman is an illustrator for 16 books and author illustrator of 3 books- “ALIYA’S SECRET- A STORY OF RAMADAN” (Owl Books) 2023  “MEENA CAN’T WAIT” (Orca Books) - spring 2024. Recently Farida has signed 2 more book deals with OWL BOOKS publish dates spring and fall 2026 “I…

Chro is a Kurdish Canadian freelance writer who currently lives in Toronto.  She is the author of, Chro Is My Name, her memoir published in 2021. Her story of Chro Is My Name, is included in the School of Continuing Studies program in the University of Toronto curriculum. she…

Richard was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has lived in various cities in North America but settled back in his home town in 2002. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba. His first book, Hiding Scars, is a historical fiction novel and was…

Alex is the author of “Becoming Coastal – Twenty-five years of exploration and discovery of the BC Coast by paddle, oar and sail” and numerous magazine articles about boats, boatbuilding and the people who sail them. Alex has been an avid outdoorsman and sailor all his adult…

Author of  At the Pond (Scholastic 2019) , Snow Day (Scholastic 1999) and the Alphonse series of books, Werner also illustrates for other authors: Helaine Becker ( 2014 Libris Award winner 2010  Porcupine in a Pine Tree) and Jean Little (2003 Mr Christie Award winner Pippin the…