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Read, Janet

Innisfil

Janet

Read

Innisfil

Janet Read was born in Toronto. She holds an MA in the philosophy of art focusing on Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur and phenomenology. Her novel Wilberforce Street is set in the historical black settlement in Oro Township in Simcoe County Ontario in the 1840's, published…

Reaume, Marilyn

Hamilton

Marilyn

Reaume

Hamilton

Marilyn is an educator, children's author and poet. She has written 4 children's poetry books ("The Village Series") and conducted presentations on poetry in several elementary schools.

Rebick, Judy

Toronto

Judy

Rebick

Toronto

Judy Rebick is an author and activist. Formerly the CAW Sam Gindin Chair at Ryerson University in Toronto, Judy is currently writing full time. In addition, she is on the media panel for CBC Radio's Q and is a popular speaker. Judy worked as a broadcaster and…

Redekop, Corey

Fredericton

Corey

Redekop

Fredericton

Corey Redekop is a publicist and author. He currently resides in the wet climes of New Brunswick where, between bouts of anger over climate inconsistencies, he contemplates working on his third novel.

Redford, Jan

Squamish

Jan

Redford

Squamish

Jan Redford was raised in Yukon, NWT, and the Ottawa Valley, but after high school, she bolted for the Rockies to climb, kayak and ski. She financed her fun by waitressing, tree planting, ski patrolling, and instructing climbing. After her two kids were born, she went to…

Redhill, Michael

Toronto

Michael

Redhill

Toronto

Michael Redhill was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1966, but has lived in Toronto most of his life. Educated in the United States and Canada, he took seven years to complete a three-year BA in acting, film, and finally, English. Since 1988, he has published five collections of…

Redl, Carolyn

407 - 1083 Tillicum Road, Victoria

Carolyn

Redl

407 - 1083 Tillicum Road, Victoria

After earning her Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Carolyn Redl taught literature and creative writing for over thirty years. During that time, she also wrote and published essays, short stories, poems, travel articles, and book reviews in publications as diverse as The…

Regehr, Kyeren

Victoria

Kyeren

Regehr

Victoria

Kyeren Regehr is a poet and writer with a background in professional dance and theatre. She is the author of Cult Life (Pedlar Press, 2020, finalist for the ReLit Awards and The Victoria Butler Book Prize) and Disassembling A Dancer (winner of the inaugural Raven Chapbooks…

Reid, Gilbert

Gilbert

Reid

Born in Toronto, and brought up on a farm near Kleinburg, Ontario, Gilbert Reid has an honors B.A. from the University of Toronto, a M.Sc. (Econ) from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. from Cambridge University (English Literature), and has studied at Science Po in…

Hamilton

Toronto

Toronto

Barbara Reid is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen award winning picture books, and the illustrator of over twenty five including The Party, The Subway Mouse, Perfect Snow, Picture a Tree and Picture the Sky. Awards for her unique plasticine artwork…

Reilly, Jim

Calgary

Jim

Reilly

Calgary

Jim Reily is a storyteller, musician, and educator. He is the author of four books: the fictional Bass Player, along with biographies of three of today’s most influential and impactful musical instrument designers, StickMan: The Story of Emmett Chapman & the Instrument He…

Reimer, Nikki

Calgary

Nikki

Reimer

Calgary

Nikki Reimer is a poet, non-fiction writer, and multi-disciplinary artist. Reimer’s fourth book of poetry, No Town Called We, published by Talon Books in fall 2023, was longlisted for both the Raymond Souster and the Pat Lowther Memorial Awards. GRIEFWAVE.com, a multimedia…

Reimers, Camila

Ottawa

Camila

Reimers

Ottawa

They say that Chile is a country of poets and that all its inhabitants want to be writers. I was born in Chile but left the country in 1975. I lived in Venezuela for five years and then came to Canada in 1980. It is in this country that I published my first novel. From that…

Reineberg Holt, Faye

Calgary

Faye

Reineberg Holt

Calgary

Calgarian Faye Reineberg Holt loves word and history. As a writer, researcher, and editor, she is fascinated by the stories and history of Western Canada, but writing remains her first love. She has published 13 books of non-fiction, co-authored a travel book, written a…

Reinhardt-Simpson , Autumn

Edmonton

Autumn

Reinhardt-Simpson

Edmonton

Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of Alberta where she examines ritual and liturgical change during the English Reformation through the lenses of gender and materiality. Autumn has many secondary research interests, especially the…

Rempel, Al

Prince George

Rempel

Prince George

Al Rempel’s books of poetry are Sprocket, Undiscovered Country (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2019), This Isn't the Apocalypse We Hoped For (Caitlin Press, 2013), Understories (Caitlin Press, 2010) and two chapbooks: Four Neat Holes (Leaf Press, 2016) and The Picket…

Renwick, Alexandra

Montreal

Alexandra

Renwick

Montreal

Alexandra Renwick writes mythy tales of love and death, sometimes as Camille Alexa or Zandra Renwick. ❤︎⁠

Requena , Alessandra

Toronto

Alessandra

Requena

Toronto

Alessandra currently lives with her beloved partner in Parkdale, Toronto, where they raise their two daughters and a very large cactus named Tupac. The cactus is thriving because it cannot read the news. If you are trying to work out from the previous sentences if she is gay or…

Revelle, Richard

Napanee

Richard

Revelle

Napanee

II was born in Smith Falls Ontario. When I actually had to work for a living it was for Northern Telecom and Nortel for 30 years, retiring in 2002. I am a Native Algonquin person, belong to the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation. My early years were spent in Wilton an…

Reyes, Cynthia

Clarington

Cynthia

Reyes

Clarington

I write children's books, memoirs, short stories and the occasional poem. Some of my books have won awards. Most have done well in the marketplace. I'm also an avid blogger. Yet, I'm still learning about how to tell compelling stories that touch the reader's…

Reynolds, Lisa

Lisa

Reynolds

Lisa Reynolds is an internationally published writer of poetry and short stories with translations in Farsi, Italian, Mandarin, and Spanish. Lisa is the 2023 recipient of The Ontario Poetry Society's Ted Plantos Memorial Award, Ars Poetica Award (2026), and the author of Pearls…

GUELPH

GUELPH

Greg Rhyno’s first novel To Me You Seem Giant was nominated for a ReLit Award and an Alberta Book Publishing Award. His fiction has appeared in a number of journals including Hobart, Riddle Fence, PRISM International, and The Quarantine Review. He completed an MFA at the…