Member Directory
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Crescent Beach, NS
Crescent Beach, NS
Sylvia Gunnery is the author of many books for young adults and children, as well as professional books on writing curriculum. She has presented at schools, libraries, and conferences across Canada. In 2022, the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia awarded her a Queen Elizabeth…
Toronto
Kelowna
Kelowna
Meaghan Hackinen is a writer and cyclist whose two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and, most recently, from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Her writing explores…
whitehorse
Calgary
Clarksburg
Saskatoon
Saskatoon
I am a wildlife veterinarian, author and storyteller. I have published 6 non-fiction books about my career and the animals I have worked with in Africa, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and Mongolia. They species include giraffe (my first case), rhinos, elephants, lions, hippo, a…
Toronto
Toronto
Solomon Hailemariam is a writer, translator, journalist, academic and was the founder and president of PEN Ethiopia. Solomon has attended his higher education in Addis Ababa University, University of South Africa, The Venice Academy of Human Rights in Venice, Italy, and Åbo…
Elora
Hornby Island, BC
Hornby Island, BC
Amanda Hale began her writing career as an immigrant in 1970s Montréal. She has published four novels, two poetry chapbooks, and two collections of short stories set in the village of Baracoa, Cuba. Her work has appeared in many Canadian & US literary magazines. She won the…
PERTH
Edmonton
Edmonton
While I'm currently focusing my writing energies on a historical novel, for the past decade my publishing credits have been in non-fiction. I have a particular interest in profiles and creative non-fiction, and my writing about urban culture, politics and design has appeared in…
Saint John
Saint John
Phil Halton is a veteran and author of "Blood Washing Blood: Afghanistan’s Hundred-Year War" and two novels, "Every Arm Outstretched" and "This Shall Be a House of Peace." His latest work is the satirical graphic novel, "The Sandbox." His writing has appeared in the Globe and…
Vancouver
Vancouver
Terrie Hamazaki (she/her) holds a Master of Arts Degree in Creative and Critical Writing (UK). She performed her plays at the Fringe and Women in View Performing Arts Festivals. Her writing has appeared in Swelling with Pride: Queer Conception and Adoption Stories (Caitlin Press…
Komoka
Fort Smith
Fort Smith
Patti-Kay Hamilton writes, paddles, skis,coaches and hunts on the lands of the NWT Metis Nation and Salt River First Nations. Home is Fort Smith in the heart of Wood Buffalo National Park where the Slave River rapids rumble even in the winter and whooping cranes soar overhead in…
Vancouver
Vancouver
Jane Silcott’s first collection of essays, Everything Rustles, published with Anvil Press, was a finalist in the Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize in the 2014 BC Book Prizes. She is co-editor, with Fiona Tinwei Lam, of the anthology Love Me True: Writers Reflect on the Ins, Outs,…
Garden Bay
Garden Bay
Jo Hammond.Born a stone’s throw from the English Channel in Bognor Regis, Jo Hammond’s first job was as a dairy farmer. After studying Music and Science in a Liverpool teacher’s college, she became a secondary and elementary school teacher, also a member of the Royal Liverpool…
