CLAIRE HOLDEN ROTHMAN is a Montreal writer and translator, whose third novel, Lear’s Shadow (2018) won the 2019 Vine Award for Jewish Canadian Fiction and was short-listed for the 2020 Jacob Isaac Segal Award for Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme. Her second novel, My October (…

Nancy-Gay Rotstein is a writer of both poetry and fiction.  Her books of poetry include Through the Eyes of a Woman, Taking Off, and China: Shockwaves.  Her latest collection is This Horizon and Beyond: Poems Selected and New, which has been published in Canada,…

Jennifer Rouse Barbeau is a writer and illustrator.  Dying Hour (Fluid Grouse Enterprises, 2019), as a finalist in the 2020 Whistler Independent Book Awards for fiction, was celebrated as one of the three best independent Canadian works of fiction in 2020. This novella…

 I received my degree in English Literature and Classics from Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario and my degree in Computer Science from Humber Polytechnic, Toronto, Ontario. I immersed myself into Literature from a very early age. I was always…

William Rowe was born in Grand Bank, Newfoundland. He is a Rhodes Scholar and holds an MA, Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford. Rowe is a former minister of the Newfoundland government, a lawyer, a media commentator, and a radio open line host. He has read at…

Almost nothing makes me want to accidentally/on-purpose glue my hands together more than to be asked to write my biography, so instead I will simply say that I love to write, I love to read and I will try just about anything including unsticking my hands to do it. I live in…

Zoë S. Roy, born in China and an ardent reader even during the Cultural Revolution, channels her passion for women’s cross-cultural experiences into her literary fiction. She has published four works of fiction with Inanna Publications: the novels Spinster Kang, which was…

Ian Roy is a writer, screen printer, and educator. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including The Antigonish Review, Arc, Geist, Long Con Magazine, Maisonneuve, and The New Quarterly. His essay, "Have a Good Life, originally published in…

Pam Royl is a fiction writer of women’s stories, inspired by history. Her first novel, The Last Secret, was published by Blue Denim Press in September of 2022 and was nominated for The Giller Prize. Other published work includes Listening to the Land and What She Learned in Hill…

Jasmine Ruff is a queer writer living on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is the recipient of an…

N.E. Rule attended Metropolitan Toronto University for both creative writing and business communications. Her writing portfolio includes software specs, marketing copy, and training materials. However, her passion is speculative fiction. It wasn't until the pandemic she had the…

Dr. Sharanpal Ruprai (she/her) is an Associate Professor and is the Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Dr. Ruprai is an internationally recognized writer, her début poetry collection, Seva was shortlisted for the…

I reside in Southern Ontario and I am a full professor at SUNY Empire State University in Buffalo, New York, where I teach History and Labour Studies.  My current research focuses on labour and management in Canada and the United States from the 1940s to the 2000s. My…

Jay Ruzesky's most recent book is In Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage.  He was raised in the Okanagan Valley and now lives on Vancouver Island. He is the Book Reviews Editor and is on the poetry editorial board of the Malahat Review and teaches at Vancouver Island…

In 2004, Garry Ryan published his first Detective Lane novel, Queen’s Park. The second, The Lucky Elephant Restaurant, won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award. He has since published seven more titles in the Calgary Herald-bestselling series: A Hummingbird Dance, Smoked, Malabarista,…

Tim Ryan has published stories in The Write Launch, The Prairie Journal, Prometheus Dreaming, Short Editions, Chaleur Magazine, Alberta Views Magazine and the Short Story Dispenser. His story “Scottie” won the 2017 Alberta Views Annual Short Story contest and was a finalist for…

When not playing with words or music, Puerto Rican Canadian María (Mary) Helena Auerbach Rykov is a voracious knitter and ardent dandelion enthusiast, cyclist, and foodie. More at https://maryrykov.com.

An Ottawa-based writer, storyteller, and arts educator, Maria Saba was born and raised in Iran.  She has published three books of nonfiction (in Farsi) and over a hundred articles, essays, interviews, and stories.  "My First Friend", her short story published in…