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Born in London, England, Kathy Page now lives in BC. She gained her BA at York (England) and her MA in writing from the University of East Anglia.
A versatile writer, Page has a long-standing interest in complex characters who struggle with their own natures and circumstances…
Kathy
Page
Toronto
Rajinderpal S. Pal is a writer and performer based in Toronto. Pal’s first collection of poetry, pappaji wrote poetry in a language i cannot read (TSAR, 1998), was the winner of the 1999 Writer’s Guild of Alberta (WGA) Henry Kreisel Award for Best First Book. Pal’s second…
Toronto
Rajinderpal
Pal
TORONTO
Biography
Lamara hails from a richly diverse heritage, with roots in Canada, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and Syria. She is an accomplished scholar, holding a degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Arts. Lamara has also explored comparative literature at the University of…
TORONTO
Lamara
Papitashvili
Born in Chennai, India, Uma Parameswaran (nee Ganesan) was educated at Jabalpur (B.A.), Nagpur (Dip journalism and M.A), Indiana University (M.A. creative writing), and Michigan State University (Ph.D). Married to a mathematician, she has lived in Winnipeg since 1966. She joined…
Uma
Parameswaran
Calgary
Kalwant Singh Parmar was born June 9, 1936, Chuck 138 in Lyalpur (Old India before 1947). He was given his writer's name ("Nadeem", which means 'friend' in Persian). He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Teaching from Punjab University and a diploma from the London Board of…
Kalwant Singh
Parmar
John Parr wass born in Chicago, June 18, 1928. He now lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Joan. He has two daughters, Kristin and Louise. He graduated from the University of Manitoba, and taught English for a number of years, most recently at Red River Community College. He is…
John
Parr
Sudbury
Shawna Diane Partridge was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She now resides in Sudbury, Ontario, where she is an English professor. Her first book, Rule of Seconds, was published in 2016, by Latitude 46 Publishing and shortlisted for the Northern Lit Award: Fiction…
Sudbury
Shawna
Partridge
Burlington
Natalia Paruzel-Gibson grew up backstage in the theaters and art galleries in Poland. Her mom’s passion for the arts inspired Natalia to write and create. After emigrating to Canada, Natalia was recognized by the Turzanski Foundation with a Young Talent Award for writing and…
Burlington
Natalia
Paruzel-Gibson
Cayuga
John Passfield was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and continues to reside in Southern Ontario, near Cayuga, with his family. He is interested in exploring the development of the novel as an art-form, and has written many novels, planning notebooks and journals in his…
Cayuga
John
Passfield
Edmonton
Nisha Patel is an award-winning queer poet & artist. She is the City of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, and the 2019 Canadian Individual Slam Champion, and the 2021 Regional Writer in Residence with the Strathcona County Library. She is a recipient of the Edmonton Artists’ Trust…
Edmonton
Nisha
Patel
Thunder Bay
I was born in south London, England to Jamaican parents and into a large family
I always enjoyed literature and poetry and was an avid reader growing up.
I have lived in since 2012.
My father was a great oral storyteller and would tell stories of life growing up in Jamaica…
Thunder Bay
Annette
Pateman
Kingston
Pamela Paterson (pamthewriter.com) is a writer based in Kingston, Ontario. She has written many books about ants, plants, kids, business, and computers, including two international best-sellers. Her debut novel Take Me Back to Cairo was released recently.
Kingston
Pamela
Paterson
Ellis Patterson is a Toronto writer who has spent time in Florida, North Carolina and California. Their work has appeared in publications such as YES Poetry, Minola Review, Plenitude Magazine, Sinking City Review, Humber Literary Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, and Coffin…
Ellis (Sara)
Patterson
Toronto
Christopher Patton is a poet, translator, and literary curator. His poetry has appeared in The Paris Review, New American Writing, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere, his visual poetry in Diagram, Ancient Exchanges, Asymptote, and again elsewhere. His most recent books, all with…
Toronto
Christopher
Patton
Coquitlam
Author of the internationally successful books, Film Production Management 101, (for film professionals), Write! Shoot! Edit! (for teens) and Surviving Production, Deborah (Deb) Patz has been a film and TV professional since the mid-80s and continues to conduct seminars and…
Coquitlam
Deborah
Patz
Barrie
Heather Paul is a writer, an artist, a teacher, a mother, a partner, a seeker, a pilgrim, a friend, an adventurer, and a whole bunch of other labels that really don't express her essence of self. Bloom where you're planted is a mantra Heather has tried to embrace and…
Barrie
Heather
Paul
Victoria
Julie Paul's second poetry collection, Whiny Baby, was published in April 2024 with MQUP. She has published three collections of short stories, The Jealousy Bone (2008), The Pull of the Moon (2014), which won the 2015 Victoria Book Prize, and Meteorites (2019), as well as the…
Victoria
Julie
Paul
Toronto
Ele Pawelski has lived in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Bosnia, Kenya, Uzbekistan and Kosovo. She has climbed in the Himalayas, walked the Camino and hiked in Newfoundland. Now living in urban Toronto with her husband, she’s always planning for her next travel adventure. Her stories…
Toronto
Ele
Pawelski
Abbotsford
LOGHAN PAYLOR is a queer, trans author who lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their short fiction and essays have previously appeared in Room and Prairie Fire, among others. Paylor has a Master's in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and a day job as a…
Abbotsford
Loghan
Paylor
