Sean Howard is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Trinity: Tribute Sequences for Robert Graves (Gaspereau Press, 2022) and Unrecovered: 9/11 Poems, Then as Now (Gaspereau Press, 2021). His poetry as been widely published in Canada, as well as the US, UK and…

Barb Howard is a Calgary multi-genre author who has published five books of literary fiction and more than 50 short stories and essays in magazines, journals, and anthologies across Canada. Her recent experience as a mentor includes the 2024 Writers’ Guild of Alberta mentorship…

Joseph Howse writes fiction and poetry, as well as technical books on computer programming and image analysis. He lives in a Nova Scotian fishing village, where he chats with his cats and nurtures an orchard of hardy fruit trees. Joseph's debut novel, The Girl in the Water…

Naseem Hrab is the author of several children’s books including Otis & Peanut, How to Party Like a Snail and Weekend Dad, a 2020 Governor General’s Literary Awards finalist. Naseem is also the author of The Sour Cherry Tree, which won the 2022 Governor General’s Literary…

Taryn Hubbard’s poetry, fiction, reviews, and interviews have been included in journals such as Canadian Literature, Room magazine, The Capilano Review, Canadian Woman Studies, CV2, filling Station, carte blanche, subTerrain, and others.Hubbard lives, writes…

Allan Hudson was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Growing up in South Branch he was encouraged to read from an early age by his mother who was a school teacher. He lives in Dieppe with his wife Gloria. He has enjoyed a lifetime of adventure, travel and uses the many…

Noel Hudson has written fiction, nonfiction, and scripts for radio and television. He has also edited over 600 works of nonfiction and fiction, and taught university-level fiction-writing, as well as editing workshops. He lives on Nova Scotia's Fundy Coast.

DAVID HUEBERT has won the CBC Short Story Prize, The Walrus Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for the 2020 Journey Prize. Huebert’s first story collection, Peninsula Sinking, won a Dartmouth Book Award and was runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, among…

Isabel Huggan was born in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1943. In the decade following her B.A. (U.W.O., 1965, English and Philosophy), she worked as a copy editor, teacher, and newspaper reporter. Besides writing short stories, essays and reviews, over the years she led creative…

Susan Hughes is a writer and editor, specializing in children's materials. Susan has loved reading and writing since she was a child. When she was in grade five and six, she and several friends had a writing club. "We'd gather with our most recent poems and stories and read them…

It was while riding a motorcycle across British Columbia for over a decade that Trevor Marc Hughes began writing about the history of his home province in Nearly 40 on the 37 and Zero Avenue to Peace Park. He then developed late B.C. naturalist Hamilton Mack Laing’s account of…

Alison Hughes has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the CBC Nonfiction Prize and won the Writers’ Union of Canada Writing for Children Award and Alberta’s R. Ross Annett Award. Her books have been nominated 14 times for children’s choice…

Carolyn is an elementary teacher who loves to visit other schools to share her love of reading and writing. She lives in Breslau, Ontario with her husband and two children. Her debut picture book, The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain, was a 2018 Blue Spruce Honour…

Phyllis Humby and her husband retired to the municipality of Lambton Shores, Ontario, where she continues to indulge her passion for writing. From 2012 to 2022 she penned a humorous monthly column, Up Close and Personal, for First Monday magazine. In addition to her column…

Margaret Anne Hume, a former librarian at Concordia University in Montreal, received her education from the universities of New Brunswick and McGill. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she spent most of her early growing-up years in Moncton, New Brunswick, and was an adoring young…

Catherine Hunter is a poet and novelist. Her short story "Calling You," published in Prairie Fire in 2020, won a Gold National Magazine Award. Her books with Signature Editions include the poetry collections St. Boniface Elegies, 2019 (winner of the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry…

 Bruce Hunter was born in Calgary, Alberta but has lived for the past thirty years in Southern Ontario. Currently, he lives in Thornhill, Ontario. His novel, In the Bear's House, won the 2009 Canadian Rockies prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival. His memoir essay “This…

Crystal Hurdle grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, and Victoria, BC, where she obtained a BA and MA in English Literature, as well as certification for teaching high school students and English as a Second Language. Since 1985, with her husband, she has made her home in North Vancouver…

Mustahid Husain is the author of Double Truths, his debut novel in English.  Mustahid studied business at University of Arizona and earned his doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia, where he’s recognized as a Future Alumnus. Before…

Dr. Amir Hussain is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he teaches courses on world religions. His own particular speciality is the study of Islam, focusing on contemporary Muslim societies in North America. His academic degrees…