Marcy Lane draws inspiration from the rich tapestry of human behavior, crafting stories that spotlight ordinary Canadian women navigating life's most challenging situations. Her debut novel, A Mercy of Widows, published in August 2023, explores themes of grief and resilience,…

Catherine Lang considers herself lucky to have studied under Jack Hodgins, Jerri Lee, Constance Rooke and Hetty Clews at the University of Victoria in the 1980s. In 1988 she won the Penny Wise Journalism Scholarship to attend the journalism program at Langara College, after…

Kateri Lanthier is a poet, essayist, and reviewer. Her books are Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011) and Siren (Signal Editions, Véhicule Press, 2017), which was longlisted for the 2018 Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Poems from Siren have been included in four anthologies. Her…

Margo LaPierre is a Canadian freelance editor and author of Washing Off the Raccoon Eyes (Guernica Editions, 2017). She is newsletter editor of Arc Poetry Magazine and a member of poetry collective VII, who jointly authored Towers (Collusion Books, 2021) and Holy Disorder of…

Annette Lapointe (she/her) is originally from Saskatchewan, and now lives in Treaty 8 territory in northern Alberta, where she teaches at Northwestern Polytechnic.  She is the author of four acclaimed books of fiction: Stolen (2006, nominated for the Giller Prize), Whitetail…

Doretta Lau started watching horror movies at age nine and sketch comedy at eleven, which was probably why she ended up completing an MFA in Writing at Columbia University. She  spent her days in New York working in children’s publishing and her nights watching musicians work…

Chantel Lavoie lives in Kingston, Ontario, where she teaches at the Royal Military College of Canada. She has published three books of verse: Where the Terror Lies (2012); Serve the Sorrowing World with Joy (with Meg Freer, 2022) and This is About Angels, Women, and Men (2022),…

Robin D. Laws writes novels, short stories, web serials, a comic strip, and has contributed to a variety of new media projects. He was recently named Creative Director of a new fiction imprint, Stone Skin Press. His blog is a cavalcade of hobby games, film, culture, narrative…

Julie Lawson was born in Victoria, B.C. and graduated from the University of Victoria with an Honours B.A. in French. She lived and taught in France, travelled extensively, and settled in rural East Sooke on Vancouver Island. She taught elementary school for 18 years. She now…

Sharon Lax is a teacher and author. Her collection of short stories, Shattered Fossils (2020), is available through Guernica Editions. She is ever grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts’ assistance in developing her latest collection of poetry that explores the loss we’re…

An award-winning writer on the history of exploration and cartography, and on history of natural history of Vancouver Island. Resident in Victoria, B.C. For details please see website

Jennifer is a small business marketing author and speaker. Located in Pembroke, Ontario, Jennifer has been working with small businesses for nearly 20 years. In 2023, she published her first book – Forward Thinking for Your Business – after noticing that many small business…

Eve Lazarus is a reporter and author and she hosts and produces the Cold Case Canada true crime podcast. Her books include the BC bestsellers Cold Case BC, Murder by Milkshake; Blood, Sweat and Fear; Cold Case Vancouver; Sensational Vancouver and Vancouver Exposed: Searching for…

Anna Lazowski wrote her first picture book for a class assignment in the sixth grade and has been creating stories ever since. Now an award-winning senior producer at CBC Radio, Anna has an MA (Journalism) from the University of Western Ontario and a BFA (Hons.) from the…

Anne Lazurko is an award-winning author, a no-awards farmer, and sometime poet. Her novel, What is Written on the Tongue (ECW Press, 2022) received the Sask Book Awards Fiction Award and was shortlisted for both Book of the Year and the $20,000 Glengarry Book Award. Work on the…

Pauline has been spinning songs and stories ever since she graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Voice in 1975  from the University of Alberta. She is an award-winning screenwriter, award-winning novelist, a playwright, journalist, editor, recently published poet, and singer/…

Sara Leach is the author of nine books for children, including her most recent book, Duck Days. Its companion book, Slug Days, was a finalist for a Foreword Indie Book Award for Juvenile Fiction and nominated for the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Penguin Days was a Bank Street Best…