Blaine is a playwright, sketch and fiction writer, improviser, actor, and recovering engineer. When not talking about himself in the third person, he’s been in shows you’ve never seen, published in anthologies you’ve never read, designed roads you’ve never driven down, and…

Wayne Ng was born in downtown Toronto to Chinese immigrants who fed him a steady diet of bitter melon and kung fu movies. Ng is a social worker who lives to write, travel, eat, and play, preferably all at the same time. He is an award-winning author and traveller who continues…

Linh (she/her) is a Vietnamese-Canadian immigrant and writer who specializes in children’s literature and creative non-fiction. Her debut middle-grade fantasy novel, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, was released with HarperCollins Canada in March 2023 (Inkyard Press US/ Audiobook Editions in…

Sandra Nicholls writes poetry, short stories, and novels. Her first novel, And the Seas Shall Turn to Lemonade, was short listed for the K.M.Hunter Artists Award and was published in the fall of 2011. Her second book of poetry, Woman of Sticks, Woman of Stones, won the…

Carolyn began writing after she retired so she could tell the story of some of her ancestors which she and her mother had researched over many, many years. Carolyn is a retired ordained minister in The United Church of Canada. She has also worked in health information management…

Lynda Partridge is a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation. She grew up in the child welfare system and spent her childhood in numerous non-Indigenous foster homes. At a later age she obtained an honours Bachelor of Social Work (Native Human Services), followed…

Billeh Nickerson, BFA (UVic), MFA (UBC), is a writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate. He is the author of five books; the co-editor of Seminal: the Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets; and a former editor of PRISM international and Event, two of Canada’s most…

Laura Nicol is a Toronto-born, BC-raised writer of fiction and non-fiction whose work has appeared in The Malahat Review, The Globe and Mail, Existere and The Sun’s Readers Write. Her first novel for young adults, The Good Girl’s Guide to Anarchy, is forthcoming…

Janet Nicol is a freelance writer with a special interest in art, history and social justice. She has written more than 420 articles for 56 magazines. She taught high school history for twenty-nine years in Vancouver and summer workshops to teachers in Mongolia, Peru…

Mansour Noorbakhsh writes and translates poetry, and fiction in both English and Persian language (Farsi), his first language. He tries to be a voice for freedom, human rights, and environment in his writings. He believes a dialog between people around the world is an essential…

Daniela I. Norris is a former diplomat and political writer, turned inspirational author and speaker. She lived on three continents and one Island Nation over the past thirty years - and now calls Montréal home. She is the author of four novels, three non-fiction titles and a…

Jacqueline Nugent was born in 1946 and spent her youth in Oakville, Ontario. She moved to Quebec in 1970 where she became enamoured with the French culture. In 1984, she published, Beyond the Door, a fantasy-adventure for 10-12 year olds. Her second novel, The Glass Treehouse,…

Ben Nuttall-Smith taught Music, Theatre, Art, and Language until he retired in 1991. He now lives in White Rock, near Vancouver B.C.Past President of the Federation of British Columbia Writers, Ben’s poems and short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and online…

Gail Nyoka's written works and oral stories span the globe: Britain, Canada, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Egypt; and they encompass historical and the emerging present times. An award-winning playwright, she writes for theatre, radio and oral performance, as well as being a novelist for…