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Douglas Harbour
Andrew MacLean is the creator of Backyard History, a series of three books about obscure and forgotten stories from Atlantic Canada's past, the Backyard History column which appears weekly in 20+ newspapers, the popular Backyard History Podcast, and the Backyard History TV Show…
Douglas Harbour
Andrew
MacLean
Brockville
Wendy has been blissfully free to follow the Spirit wherever it leads. This has taken her in and out of conventional roles, from her birth in Toronto and childhood in the suburbs of Montreal, to a bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University in English and Classics and training in…
Brockville
Wendy Jean
MacLean
Kirsteen MacLeod is a writer and movement teacher (yoga, Feldenkrais Method), who leads 'body-inspired writing' workshops. Her first poetry chapbook is forthcoming from Alfred Gustav Press. Her nonfiction book, In Praise of Retreat, won a Gold Independent Book Publishers' Award…
Kirsteen
MacLeod
North Vancouver
Erin MacNair (she, her) is a Wisconsinite now living in North Vancouver, B.C., on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh people. Her work can be found in Best Canadian Stories 2026, The Baffler, The Walrus, Conjunctions, and others. A Canada…
North Vancouver
Erin
MacNair
Deep River
Margaret Macpherson (she/her) has lived and written in Yellowknife, Halifax, Bermuda, Edmonton, Vancouver and Nelson, BC. She has recently decamped to Eastern Ontario. She is the author of eight books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her newest work …
Deep River
Margaret
Macpherson
Perth
Roy MacSkimming is the author of four novels and three works of non-fiction.
His historical novels recreate the personal lives of two great Canadian political leaders. Macdonald (Thomas Allen, 2007) portrays the final days of Canada's controversial…
Perth
Roy
MacSkimming
Courtenay
Kelly Madden is a Vancouver Island poet whose work has appeared in numerous publications supported by the League of Canadian Poets. Her poetry can also be found in the literary journals Reckoning, SAPPzine, Island Writer’s Magazine, CV2, The Poet, Drift …
Courtenay
Kelly
Madden
Nanaimo
Gail Madjzoub's writing comprises primarily novel-length creative nonfiction and fiction, which straddle the categories of historic, contemporary, literary, upmarket, and family saga. Decades of experience in the fields of health, education, community development and…
Nanaimo
Gail
Madjzoub
Etobicoke, Toronto
Darlene Madott is an award-winning writer who practised law in Toronto for more than 35 years. Author of a growing number of books, her 9th work of linked short stories, WINNERS AND LOSERS (Tales of Life, Law, Love and Loss) Guernica, spring, 2023, offers a front-row seat…
Etobicoke, Toronto
Darlene
Madott
Winnipeg
Anne Mahon is a non-fiction author who delves into the raw and complex stories of marginalized people. Each book connects with a community of voices rarely heard and shares the wisdom of lives touched by trauma, courage and hope. Anne describes her books as bridges that…
Winnipeg
Anne
Mahon
Winnipeg
Gananoque
Colette Maitland writes fiction, poetry and the occasional essay in Gananoque, ON. In 2013, Biblioasis published her first book, Keeping the Peace (short stories), which went on to be short-listed for the 2014 Re-Lit Award. The novel Riel Street with…
Gananoque
Colette
Maitland
Toronto
Aga Maksimowska is the author of BECALMING (2026) and GIANT, the 2013 Toronto Book Award finalist coming-of-age novel about premature sexual development and the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Her stories and essays have been published in the anthology …
Toronto
Aga
Maksimowska
VANCOUVER
Vancouver-based DesiPOC author Tāriq Malik has worked across poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual arts for the past four decades to distill immersive and original narratives. He writes intensely in response to the world in flux around him and to his place in its shadows.Born…
VANCOUVER
Tāriq
Malik
Fareh Malik is a BIPOC author from Hamilton, Ontario, a seasoned spoken word and page poet, and an established artist. Fareh was named the 2022 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award winner, the recipient of the October Project Poetry Prize, and the winner of the Austin Clarke…
Fareh
Malik
Scarborough
Mary Maliszewski is an author and journalist from Toronto, Ontario. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s creative writing program and a frequent contributor to blogTO. When she isn’t writing, Mary can be found reading, playing video games and spending time with her…
Scarborough
Mary
Maliszewski
Castlegar
Vera Maloff was born into a Doukhobor family who lived on a market garden farm in Thrums, British Columbia. She studied at Selkirk College in Castlegar, obtained a teaching certificate from Notre Dame University in Nelson and received her BEd and Diploma in Guidance Studies from…
Castlegar
Vera
Maloff
Born in Ontario, educated in Montréal, Stephens Gerard Malone currently lives and writes on Canada’s east coast. In 1994, he published his first novel, Endless Bay (Mercury Press) under the pseudonym, Laura Fairburn. His second novel, Miss Elva (Random House Canada) followed in…
Stephens Gerard
Malone
Bowen Island
Born in Montreal, Ainslie Manson spent her childhood in Montreal and Hudson, Quebec. She has studied and worked in Canada, England and the U.S. She is married to David Manson, has three sons and has lived in Vancouver since 1970. In the '80s, Manson freelanced for the Vancouver…
Bowen Island
Ainslie
Manson
Greater Vancouver
Jay Manuel is a writer, educator, and translator. He was born and raised in Edmonton. He writes in English and Portuguese and has translated the literary work of Brazilian author Gustavo Bernardo.His forthcoming book, Attention, Belonging, and Care: The Communal Self in…
Greater Vancouver
Jay
Manuel
Central Alberta
Maiden Manzanal-Frank is an international leadership speaker, author, and consultant on strategy and change. She supports purpose-driven organizations and executives develop strategic initiatives that foster impactful leadership and drive systemic change in Canada and…
Central Alberta
Maiden
Manzanal-Frank
Adam Mardero founded the blog Differently Wired in 2011 to educate and advocate for neurodiversity. He holds a Master’s Degree in History and a Bachelor of Education. Since coming to terms with being neurodivergent, he’s dedicated his life to helping further the causes of Autism…
Adam
Mardero
Saskatoon
I’m a Saskatchewan writer whose stories and poems have appeared widely in literary magazines and anthologies, including six times in the Best Canadian Stories volumes, and have been a finalist for the Journey Prize. I’ve published some 20 books, including Bix’s Trumpet and…
Saskatoon
Dave
Margoshes
