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Porter, Anna
Toronto
Anna
Porter
Toronto
Anna Porter is the award-winning author of ten books, both fiction and non-fiction, most recently, Deceptions and In Other Words, How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time and Buying a Better World, George Soros and Billionaire Philanthropy, and five mystery novels,…
Posner, Harry
Orangeville
Harry
Posner
Orangeville
Author of Peggy Lee's Delicious Lips (Quattro Books), and numerous novels and books of poetry, Harry is the Poet Laureate of Dufferin County and host of The Sill podcast (www.thesillpodcast.com). He teaches creative writing in the Caledon area, and offers editing services…
Potashnik, Jacob
Montréal
Jacob
Potashnik
Montréal
J. Jacob Potashnik spent much of his youth traveling and working in hotels and restaurants learning to cook but discovered he didn't have the back for it. Instead, Jacob studied communications and cinema and spent many years in film and television production. In 1996 Denys…
Potvin, Lorrie
Kingston
Lorrie
Potvin
Kingston
Tradeswoman, artist, writer, and teacher Lorrie Potvin, a queerishly two-spirited Métis, is the author of Horses in the Sand – A Memoir (Spring 2022) Her first book, First Gear – A Motorcycle Memoir (2015), the essays - My tattoos speak of life and loss (2009) and Why I’m…
Powell, Marie
Regina
Marie
Powell
Regina
Marie
Marie Powell's adventures in castle hopping across North Wales resulted in her young adult historical fantasy series, Last of the Gifted: Spirit Sight and Water Sight (Wood Dragon, 2020). She is the author of over 40 children's books published by Scholastic Canada, Amicus,…
Powell, Shantell
Kitchener
Shantell
Powell
Kitchener
Shantell (Shan) Powell is a two-spirit author, artist, and swamp hag who grew up in an apocalyptic cult while living off the land.  Shan is the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Fellow for 2023, a fellow for the Roots Wounds Words Winter Retreat, and is a 2022graduate of the…
Power, Melanie
Montreal
Melanie
Power
Montreal
Melanie
Melanie Power is a Montreal-based writer. She is the author of Full Moon of Afraid and Craving (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022). Her work has appeared in various Canadian literary magazines, and has been shortlisted in Arc's Poem of the Year Contest, the Montreal…
Power , Sara
Ottawa and St. John's
Sara
Power
Ottawa and St. John's
Sara Power is a storyteller from Labrador and a former artillery officer in the Canadian Forces. Her stories have appeared in journals across Canada, the US, and the UK, and most recently in Best Canadian Stories 2024.  Sara was a finalist for the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award…
Powning, Beth
Sussex
Poznansky, Mark
Toronto
Prain, Leanne
Vancouver, BC
Leanne
Prain
Vancouver, BC
Leanne
Leanne Prain's fourth book The Creative Instigator's Handbook, A DIY Guide to Creating Social Change Through Art was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in April 2022. Leanne co-authored the subversive knitting book Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti with knitting…
Prairie, Katherine
Kingston
Katherine
Prairie
Kingston
Katherine Prairie, a geologist and IT professional, stepped away from her career to follow her passion for writing. An avid traveller with an insatiable curiosity, you never know where you’ll find her next! But most days, she’s in Kingston, Canada quietly plotting murder and…
Prashaw, Rick
Ottawa
Rick
Prashaw
Ottawa
Rick
Rick Prashaw has had a diverse career as a journalist at the Vancouver Sun, Catholic priest in Northern Ontario, executive director of a national NGO ion healing justice, (The Church Council on Justice and Corrections in Canada), and political staff to three members of the…
Preece, Bronwyn
Preston, Rachael
Preston, Alison
Priest, Robert
Robert
Priest
Author of 16 books, poetry and prose. Six CDs of music, some for adults some for little kids, some for young adults. 30 years experience teaching writing to all ages. CBC topical songwriter. Contributions to Sesame Street. Wrote #1 hit: Song Instead of a Kiss for Alannah Myles.…
Prince, Bryan
Principe, Cetta
Toronto
Cetta
Principe
Toronto
Cetta
I am a writer of poetry and creative non-fiction and sometimes fiction, as well as scholarship on trauma and literature. My creative non-fiction project, Stars Need Counting: Essays on Suicide, with Gordon Hill Press, has just been published. Several essays from this collection…
Pringle, Sherry
Napanee
Sherry
Pringle
Napanee
Sherry Pringle is a Napanee, On native She has two published non-fiction, history books, both detailing personal accounts of individuals in WWII. Pringle has interviewed, researched and recorded  accounts of contributions, tales of heroism and incarceration from 100 Canadian men…
Prins, Marie
Colborne
Marie
Prins
Colborne
Marie
Marie Prins's mid-grade children's novel The Girl From the Attic was published by Common Deer Press in October 2020. It won silver in their 2019 Uncommon Quest competition. Her memoir pieces and poetry are found in the Spirit of the Hills Writers' anthologies Hill Spirits II,…
Promislow, Dawn
Toronto
Dawn
Promislow
Toronto
Dawn
Dawn Promislow's novel, Wan, was published by Freehand Books in 2022 and has been critically acclaimed. It was short-listed for the Fred Kerner Book Award 2023, was a Best Fiction of 2022 in The Miramichi Reader, and was on CBC Books's 2022 Summer and Holiday lists for…
Prosser, David
Stratford
David
Prosser
Stratford
David
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1953. Graduated from Aberdeen University, then came to Canada to do a master’s degree at Queen’s University, Kingston. Spent 14 years as a writer and editor at the Kingston Whig-Standard during that paper's “golden age” under editor Neil Reynolds,…
Pryse-Philips, William
Purdham, Adelle
Peterborough
Adelle
Purdham
Peterborough
Adelle Purdham is a writer, speaker and parent disability advocate. She holds a French literature degree from Western University and is a certified teacher. She earned her graduate certificate from Humber College’s Creative Writing by Correspondence Program where she had the…