Antonio D'Alfonso was born in Montreal. Poet, novelist, essayist, translator, Antonio D’Alfonso has published more than fifty books (including translations) and has made three feature films. He is the founder of Guernica Editions (1978) which he managed for thirty-three years…

Born in Angola, and raised in Portugal, paulo da costa is a writer, editor and translator living in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies (Moh’kins’tsis / Calgary, Alberta). He is thrice the recipient of the James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction (2024, 2023 and 2020), the…

Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, Jillian came to live in Canada with her parents in her teens. In Winnipeg she discovered romance novels and began writing short romantic stories. After returning to England to live for a few years, where she began to write full…

I am the author of the post-apartheid novel The Afrikaner (Guernica Editions, April 2019), inspired by the five years I spent in the southern African region as an international reporter. The story is an on-the-road adventure that covers the terrain of love, race and…

Tasneem has a degree in Drawing and Painting and a minor in English from OCAD University, but she learned most of what she knows from reading children’s books with her daughter. Her books are Amazon bestsellers in categories such as Children’s Inspirational &…

The author of five books of non-fiction, Stephen Dale has also made documentaries for CBC Radio's "Ideas" and other programs; worked as Canadian correspondent for InterPress Service (a news agency based in Rome, Italy, with a focus on the developing world); written a column for…

A previous winner of TWUC’s Writing for Children Competition (2011), Lisa has since published 11 books for young readers, both fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent book is Fierce: Women who Shaped Canada (Scholastic), a work of narrative non-fiction for readers in grades 4-8…

Arundati Dandapani, MLitt, CAIP, CIPP/C, is an award winning researcher and the founder of Generation1.ca, a platform and community that places Canada's immigrant newcomers, legal cannabis and non-profit associations at the forefront of data and insights innovation using…

Véronique Darwin writes fiction, theatre, and essays. She has stories in PRISM International, The Quarantine Review and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Her humour pieces appear in Geist, and literary essays and reviews in carte blanche, Porter House Review, Literary Review…

I am a writer and curator based in Toronto. I have twenty nine books to my credit. My Bengali book on Canadian literature, published in 2019, was applauded hugely. I was is the recipient of Nalanda Best Canadian Bengali Author Award at Canadian South Asian Literary…

Annahid is author of non-fiction books Bones of Belonging: Finding Wholeness in a White World (Dundurn 2023) and Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation.  A leading voice on issues of racism, inclusion and belonging, Annahid is also Co-…

Beverley Daurio is the author of three books, including Hell & Other Novels (Coach House/Talon). Her short fiction has been published in the U.S., Australia, England and Romania, as well as in journals across Canada. Her non-fiction has also been widely published, including…

Douglas Davey is an author, librarian, civil servant, and musician living in guelph, ontario.

Lynn writes poems, essays, reviews, and freelance pieces, also poems and stories for children. Born in Moncton, N.B., her first paying job was working in her parent’s independent bookstore, The Bookmark. She graduated with a B.A. in English (Honours) from the…

Adriana A. Davies was born in Italy and grew up in Canada and has BA and MA degrees from the University of Alberta and a PhD from the University of London, England. She is a historian, poet, curator and specialist in fine and decorative arts. She authored two volumes of the…

Lauren B. Davis’s most recent works are EVEN SO, published by Dundurn Press in 2021, and named one of the "Best Books of the Year" by the Quill & Quire and the Winnipeg Free Press; THE GRIMOIRE OF KENSINGTON MARKET, called “timely and important” by the Toronto Star, …

Nicola Davison is a writer and photographer. Her first book, In the Wake (Vagrant Press) won the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for fiction and was a finalist for the Dartmouth Book Award. Her second novel, Decoding Dot Grey (Nimbus Publishing) won the…