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Charles, Veronika

Toronto, ON

Veronika

Charles

Toronto, ON

Veronika Martenova Charles, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, was a popular teenage pop recording artist in eastern Europe before settling in Toronto and becoming an author and illustrator of children's books. Since 1991, she has been writing and illustrating children's books full…

TOFINO

TOFINO

Karen Charleson is a mother, a grandmother, a writer, and an educator. Her first novel Through Different Eyes was published by Signature Editions in 2017. Karen is a member, through marriage, of the Hesquiaht First Nation and the House of Kinquashtakumtlth. She lives in…

Chau Bradley, H Felix

Montreal

H Felix

Chau Bradley

Montreal

H Felix Chau Bradley is a writer and editor living in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). They are the author of Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy Press, 2021), which was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Kobo Rakuten Emerging Writer Prize. They are the fiction…

Vancouver

Vancouver

J.G. Chayko is a writer from Vancouver B.C. who has published poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction.She is a contributing writer to three anthologies and has several short works in print and online. Her work has appeared in Event Magazine, Canadian Stories, Hastings Literary…

Vancouver

Vancouver

J.L. Chen is a Chinese Canadian poet/writer based in Vancouver. Her work appears in Grain, ARC Poetry, Literary Review of Canada, Mantis (Stanford), Canadian Literature, PRISM, Tupelo Quarterly, West Trade Review, Queen's Quarterly, and elsewhere. She was shortlisted for the…

Chidley, Christeen

Christeen

Chidley

I am originally from Montreal, and now live on a century dairy farm in northeast Pickering. Along with The Writers' Union of Canada membership, I am also a member of the Writers' Community of Durham Region. I have a B.A. from Glendon College - York University, Toronto ON, and a…

Childs, Lucian

Toronto

Lucian

Childs

Toronto

LUCIAN CHILDS is a fiction writer whose debut, the novel-in-stories Dreaming Home (Biblioasis, 2023), won the Fred Kerner Book Award and was shortlisted for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in literary fiction. With his late husband, Alex…

Chimbganda, Tapo

Wainfleet

Tapo

Chimbganda

Wainfleet

Dr. Tapo Chimbganda is a Canadian-based writer, educator, and nonprofit leader whose work bridges storytelling, psychoanalytic thought, and Black feminist cultural critique. She is the author of #blacklove: Reflections of Love in Black Relationships (Lexington Books, 2019) and…

Chislett, Nancy

Winnipeg

Nancy

Chislett

Winnipeg

Nancy Chislett is an avid traveler, having visited almost 50 countries on six continents. She also plays classical music on piano and composes a little jazz. Career-wise, she has worked as a high school teacher and as a university administrator of an international student…

Cho, Allan

Vancouver

Allan

Cho

Vancouver

I am a writer, editor, and librarian based in Vancouver. As the Executive Editor of Ricepaper Magazine and Festival Director of LiterASIAN, I have been deeply engaged in amplifying Asian diasporic voices across North America. My lived experience with chronic illness, combined…

Choi, Ann Yu-Kyung

Toronto

Ann Yu-Kyung

Choi

Toronto

Originally from South Korea, Ann Yu-Kyung Choi is a Toronto-based author and educator. Her novel, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety, was a Toronto Book Awards finalist and One of CBC Books 12 Best Canadian Debut Novels of 2016. Her published essays explore issues around cultural and…

Chomiak, Stacey

Chilliwack

Stacey

Chomiak

Chilliwack

Stacey Chomiak (she/her) is an artist, author and LGBTQ+ speaker. She writes and illustrates kids books that represent the queer community. Her YA illustrated memoir STILL STACE: MY GAY CHRISTIAN COMING-OF-AGE STORY published in 2021. She illustrated RAINBOW BOY AND THE PRIDE…

Chong, Kevin

Vancouver

Kevin

Chong

Vancouver

Kevin Chong is the author of seven books, most recently the novel The Double Life of Benson Yu. He was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, where he presently lives with his family. He is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He reads…

Toronto

Toronto

Ishaa Vinod Chopra is the author of ‘Finding Order in Disorder’, a memoir exploring her journey with bipolar disorder, domestic abuse and art therapy while exploring therapeutic coping strategies of Dance, Art, Yoga, and ‘Mad Poetry.’ Ishaa is pursuing a Thesis for a Master of…

Toronto

Vancouver

Vancouver

Hello, this is Sung Ming, or you can call me Gilbert Malcolm, a pen name in memory of GM Sproat who was the BC Indian Reserve Commissioner in late nineteenth century. He was considered as a pioneer in developing collaborative relationships with the indigenous communities.I got…

Chrismas, Robert

Winnipeg

Robert

Chrismas

Winnipeg

Bob Chrismas, PhD, writes prolifically on justice issues. Bob is a Staff Sergeant in his 34th year with the Winnipeg Police Service. He completed his Master of Public Administration (MPA) at the U. of Winnipeg and U. of Manitoba in 2009 (distinction) and Doctorate…

Kingston

Kingston

Dr. Theodore Christou is a Professor of Social Studies and History Education at Queen’s University as well as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Education. Theodore is a poet, historian, and philosopher of education. As an interdisciplinary education…

Church, Dana L

Waterloo

Dana L

Church

Waterloo

Dana is a trained scientist who is passionate about making science accessible for both children and adults. She is the author of four nonfiction books: The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees (Scholastic Focus, 2021) Animal Minds: What Are They…

Cichosz, Maria

Toronto

Maria

Cichosz

Toronto

Maria Cichosz is a novelist and scholar of art, theory, drug cultures, and the history of ideas. She holds a Ph.D. in Modern Thought & Literature from Stanford University where she was recently a Humanities & Sciences Postdoctoral Dean’s Fellow. Maria…