Miriam Clavir began creative writing after a career in the field of art and cultural materials conservation. Her mystery novels in particular combine fiction with an insider knowledge of museums and archaeological excavations. Miriam’s short fiction has appeared in The New…

Conyer Clayton is an Ottawa-based writer and editor from Kentucky, whose award-winning, multi-genre work often explores grief, disability, and gender-based violence through a surrealist lens. They are the author of But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves.…

Prior to a career in advertising I was a high school teacher in The Bahamas. After advertising I wrote my one and only published work: Finding Lily (2006). Shelagh Rogers said of my memoir: "This is a story that goes right to your core. It's about the nature of…

David Livingstone Clink (also published as David Clink) is a poet, podcaster, poker player, and punster. He has a degree in English from York University. He is the author of five books of poetry, and six poetry chapbooks. He has edited one anthology, and seven poetry chapbooks.…

Award-winning Author of Glitterature. Paul Coccia is the author of several books for young readers. He has a Specialist in English from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. He lives in Toronto…

Joanna Cockerline is a CBC Literary Awards prizewinner and the author of the forthcoming novel Still (Porcupine's Quill, Autumn 2025). She has published fiction in journals such as Room, International Human Rights Arts, En Route, and The Fiddlehead,…

Devon Code is a fiction writer. He is the author of Involuntary Bliss, a novel; In A Mist, a collection of stories; and is co-author of Disintegration in Four Parts. In 2010, he was the recipient of the Writers' Trust Journey Prize. Originally from Dartmouth…

Carol Ann Cole writes fiction as well as non fiction.  Her fifth non fiction book published in 2024 has been worth the wait.  Taking ten years to finish and publish, Learning to Slow Dance with Footprint of Kindness speaks to the lessons we learn in life and whether or…

Megan is an artist of many projects. She’s an amateur drummer, a dabbler in alternative photography, a fibre artist, and writer. On the page, her work follows her curiosity and the characters that emerge out of nowhere. While she often gravitates towards writing nonfiction Megan…

Ian Colford’s stories, reviews, and commentary have appeared in Canadian literary publications and online in journals and book blogs. From 1995 to 1998 he was editor of the literary journal Pottersfield Portfolio. He has served on the Steering Committee of One Book Nova Scotia,…

Deryn Collier has dreamed of writing mysteries since reading her first Nancy Drew in the second grade. Her latest book, A Real Somebody, a historical novel set in post-World War II Montreal, will be published in the summer of 2023 by Lake Union Publishing. Her first novel,…

Elizabeth Collis lives in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and a recipient of the Nova Writes H.R. Percy Short Creative Non-Fiction Prize. She is currently working on a memoir. Elizabeth’s short fiction and creative non-fiction has appeared in Pithead Chapel…

Stephen Colwell   Stephen Colwell is the author of Flying With Dragons – Notes, Practices, and Anecdotes from the Xiu Lian Purification Journey (Waterside Press, 2016). Stephen has traveled the spiritual path for over fifty years, meditating and studying with world-…

My name is Sarah Jane Lake-Conklin. Originally from St. John’s Newfoundland, I now live in Fall River, Nova Scotia. I’m an artist and, most recently a published children’s book author through Monster House Publishing: What's in Flora's Shoebox?; What's in Alanna's Secret Sauce?.

Jan Conn was born in Asbestos Quebec and escaped to Montreal at 17. She completed a B.Sc. (cum laude) at Concordia University, a M.Sc. at Simon Fraser University and a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. She did postdoctoral research in Caracas, Venezuela and in Gainesville…

Trained as a journalist, Heather Conn has worked as a professional writer for 40+ years, based in the Vancouver, BC region. She has published in 50+ magazines and newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Georgia Straight, and Canadian Geographic…

Author of eleven books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, Karen Connelly is a writer, educator and licensed psychotherapist in private practice. She has won national and international prizes for her books, which are published in a dozen countries. In her online…